I know that many people won’t believe that a child not yet eleven is capable of such feelings. It is not to those people that I am telling my story. I’m telling it to those who have greater knowledge of humanity. An adult who has learned how to transform part of his emotions into thought processes notices that such thoughts aren’t present in a child, and then concludes that the experiences aren’t present, either. But only seldom in my life have I had such deep and painful experiences as I had then. Demian

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries. Hercules Furens

“The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.” Eat That Frog!

"Gregor converted his success at work straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the benefit of his astonished and delighted family." Metamorphosis and Other Stories