Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives.


p. 32 - Gertrude (1910)

Hermann Hesse Quotes

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance;...

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance;...

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance;...

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance;...