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#1

“The few who permitted themselves an occasional smile at their Abbot's simplicity were all the more enamored of Narcissus, the handsome prodigy who possessed elegant Greek, impeccable manners, quietly penetrating thinker's eyes, and beautiful, sharply outlined lips. The scholars admired him for his extraordinary Greek; almost all the others, for his nobility and refinement. Many quite simply loved him, but there were inevitably those who resented his extreme reserve, self-control, and exquisite manners.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

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#2

“Forgive me, father, I am not certain what my own wishes are. I shall
always take pleasure in study, how could it be otherwise? But I do not
believe that my life will be limited to study. A man's wishes may not always
determine his destiny, his mission; perhaps there are other, predetermining,
factors." - Narcissus”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

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#3

“...one of those people part of whose lives have been lost; pressure of circumstances or some kind of magic power has obliterated a portion of their past.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: hermann-hesse, lost, past

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#4

“We are not meant to come together, not any more than sun and moon were meant to come together, or sea and land. 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.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

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#5

“My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: goals-in-life

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#6

“You created difficulties for me, but I am no enemy of difficulties. I've learned from them, I've partly overcome them.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: difficulties

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#7

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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#8

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#9

“Even there one had to be lucky, find a special friendship, a readiness. No, it was fortunate that love did not need words; or else it would be full of misunderstanding and foolishness.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: foolishness, love, luckygupta-quotes

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#10

“You force me to tell you with words; I could say it a thousand times better without words. With words I can give you nothing! With words I can't learn from you, nor you from me.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: love, words

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#11

“Artists usually are no saints, he's probably no saint either, but he certainly is a gifted, high-minded man.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: artists

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#12

“I think differently than you do, but I understand you and what goes on in your mind.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: different, understand

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#13

“What are reason and sobriety without the knowledge of intoxication? What is sensuality without death standing behind it? What is love without the eternal mortal enmity of the sexes?”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: love, reason

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#14

“He felt that this blond lioness was his equal, rich in sensuality and soul, at the mercy of all storms, wild as well as delicate, well versed in passion from an ancient heritage of blood.”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: sensuality, soul

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#15

“What would love be without secrecy? What would love be without risk?”
― Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

tags: love, risk, secrecy

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#16

“The most beautiful things in life are unassuming and simple to begin with.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: inspirational-quotes, romantic-quotes

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#17

“We have only one option, to struggle or succumb. The choice is ours.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: inspirational-quotes, motivational-quotes

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#18

“Buccal list: A list of food a person has never tried before but wants to taste during their lifetime.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: culinary-tourism, food, food-culture, food-love, food-quotes, foodie-quotes, travel-quotes, travel-writing

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#19

“I realized that I was on a sticky wicket that just received another bout of acid rain.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: darkness-quotes, life-lessons, sad-quotes, tough-times-quotes

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#20

“The more I reach for her soul, the more I connect with mine.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: connection, looking-inward, lovers, reflection, relationship-quotes, romance-quotes, self-discovery, soul-quotes, soulmates, spirituality

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#21

“Tomorrows needn’t be bad. Maybe they hold the brightest of our days – the compensation for what we had never had.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: cheerfulness, future-quotes, inspirational-quotes, life-quotes-and-sayings, live-in-the-moment, positive-quotes, positive-thoughts, tomorrow-quotes

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#22

“You too, Caesar?”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: cheating, life-lessons, powerlessness, sad-but-true, tough-times, treachery

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#23

“When a white man goes to the pub, he is a socializer; a Brown man in a bar is a drunkard. A white arrogant man is an alpha male; headstrong Indians are pricks. A white man sleeping around is a lover; an Indian on multiple dates is a womanizer. White men make love, we Brown Indians f*ck”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: brown-skin, colorism, discrimination-quotes, indian-authors, racial-identity, racial-inequality, racial-prejudice, south-asians

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#24

“If you had closed your eyes and looked inward, you would have seen me; you would have seen us. We have always been inseparable, like night and day, light and dark, flowers and fruits, and spirituality and sexuality.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: hope, hopeful-and-encouraging, lovers, relationship-quotes, romance, sexuality, spiritual, spirituality-quotes, tantra

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#25

“See you later, tailgater.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: driving-quotes, drunk-quotes, funny-and-random, funny-but-true, funny-quotes, humor, humorous-quotes, laughter, random-quote, urban-life

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#26

“Did you know? There are three major milestones in human evolution. One, the discovery of fire; two, the invention of the wheel; three, the creation of budget airlines.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: evolution, flight, humor, humourous, satire-fiction, satire-quotes, travel, travelling

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#27

“Swim, crawl, stagger, walk, bend, stagger and gone – that’s life in simple terms, and all that matters here is how well we fought.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: inspirational-quotes, motivational-quotes

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#28

“The goodness of people depends on the intentions of their brains and not on their religion or ancestry.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: humanism, humanist-quotes, intelligent-quotes, life-lessons, life-quotes-and-sayings, religion-and-philoshophy, secular-ethics, secularism, spirituality-quotes, spirituality-vs-religion

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#29

“A spade is a spade and diplomacy can’t turn it into a fork overnight.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

tags: idealism, ideals-quotes, life-quotes-and-sayings, philosophy-quotes

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#30

“A saint has control over his anger and itches.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: funny-quotes, humorous-quotes, humourous-quote, satire-quotes, self-control-quotes, spiritual-humour, spirituality

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