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Hermann Hesse Quotes

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: german
Birth: July 2, 1877 - August 9, 1962

Topics

Reality Meaning Hidden Things Behind

I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to all of their shows in San Francisco and some in L.A. That was as close as I got to being a groupie.

Marriage San Francisco Being Accepted

Working in a prison, is, to my mind, similar in ways to working in a coal mine. It's going to scare away a lot of people.

People Mind Prison Going Working

St. Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing.

Home Path Water Walk Day People

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Argument Nothing Prove Lighten

When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.

Me Bed Excitement Out Barn Going

I'm your favorite player's favorite player.

Michael Beasley

Favorite Your Player

I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do.

Time Too Much Done Want Because

Every generation has a different ways of telling a story. We had a great run in the early '90s, into the mid-'90s, and we became a little more executive-driven as we got into the 2000s.

Great Story Generation Early Run

It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

Fear History Time People Free Lived

When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome.

Life Women Relationship Romantic Men

I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote a book called 'The Right to Write.' In it, I argued that all of us have the capacity to write. That it's as normal to write as it is to speak.

Great People Writing Book Believe

My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres.

Neighbor Goodness Everyone Grapes

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