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Hermann Hesse

“The bird is fighting its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wishes to be born must destroy a world. The bird is flying to God. The god is named Abraxas.”

Hermann Hesse, Demian
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Demian Demian by Hermann Hesse
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