The Quiet Kingly Dead

Submitted by Chris Webster on Sat, 2006/09/02 - 07:11
Narziss and Goldmund

… how mean and foolish are the living, with their never-ending terrors and curiosities, the puny effort of their lives, when faced with the quiet kingly dead.

Hermann Hesse
Narziss and Goldmund
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