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"Demian" Quotes
A young man navigates the complexities of self-discovery and spiritual awakening as he encounters a mysterious friend.
Quotes
We have never been happy; we can only remember that we were so once.
I simply withdrew inward, into myself. And there I stayed. But many times I found it difficult to differentiate exactly between what all these words meant.
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
The bird struggles out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas.
Someday I would like to sing well. I feel as if I had something inside me that needs to come out.
I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
Listen to your heart! Listen to your heart even if it hurts!
The bird fights its way free of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world.
We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.
When you hate, you murder yourself one stroke at a time.
