“No one ever arrives home,” she said amiably. “But when the paths of friends meet, the whole world looks like home for a while.” Demian
Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. Book III
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Nicholas Nickleby
It was strange how both realms bordered on each other, how close together they were! For example, when Lina, our servant girl, sat with us by the living-room door at evening prayers and added her clear voice to the hymn, her washed hands folded on her smoothed-down apron, she belonged with father and mother, to us, to those that dwelled in light and righteousness. But Demian
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