Hermann Hesse, Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

"I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me."

"For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal."

"Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again. That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross."

"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."

"Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract."