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April 24, 2012
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“A father can pass on his nose and eyes and even his intelligence to his child, but not his soul. In every human being the soul is new.” -Hermann Hesse, Knulp

“A father can pass on his nose and eyes and even his intelligence to his child, but not his soul. In every human being the soul is new.”

-Hermann Hesse, Knulp

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April 10, 2012
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“Every tree, every hedge, is a bouquet of blossoms; and one would like to turn into a June bug, to be able to float upon this sea of perfume and find all one’s nourishment in it.” - Werther, Goethe

“Every tree, every hedge, is a bouquet of blossoms; and one would like to turn into a June bug, to be able to float upon this sea of perfume and find all one’s nourishment in it.”

- Werther, Goethe

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