#peter camenzind

[chaoticmiserablelover]

How some straight men in classic literature act: women are smart and beautiful, but they seem so out of reach. 

Anyway, here is my best friend. He is so beautiful. He is the one person I can trust. We might have kissed a few times in this novel, like all good friends do. Did I mention how beautiful he is in this feminine way? It takes my breath away.

[dk-thrive]

I wanted to let you know what a golden chain of unforgettable pleasures I, a melancholy recluse, had found in this world

...wanted to compel you to see the immeasurably varied and exuberant life blossoming and overflowing outside your houses and cities each and every day. I wanted you to feel ashamed of knowing more about foreign wars, fashions, gossip, literature, and art than of the springs bursting forth outside your towns, than of the rivers flowing under your bridges, than of the forests and marvelous meadows through which your railroads speed. I wanted to let you know what a golden chain of unforgettable pleasures I, a melancholy recluse, had found in this world and I desired that you, who are perhaps happier and more cheerful than I, should discover even greater joy in it.

— Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind. Translated by Michael Roloff. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969)

[ghohl]

"The meadows, trees, and fields were silent. They looked at me with mute entreaty, sought to communicate, to be obliging, to greet me."

Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind

[theglasschild]

“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.” ― Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind

[identico-al-ser-humano]

Peter Camenzind - Heman Hesse

[librosytinta]

“No existe además nada tan infructuoso como las reflexiones sobre alguien que se ama. Tales pensamientos son como determinadas canciones populares o militares donde salen a relucir mil cosas y el estribillo se repite con igual monotonía, aún cuando no tenga ninguna relación con lo que se está cantando".

Peter Camenzind,

Herman Hesse.

[sononatanellepocasbagliata]

"Incominciai anche a capire che i dolori, le delusioni e la malinconia non sono fatti per renderci scontenti e toglierci valore e dignità, ma per maturarci e trasfigurarci."

-H. Hesse

[dicennio]

I venerated womankind as an alien race, beautiful and enigmatic, superior to men by virtue of inborn beauty and constancy of character, a race which we must hold sacred.

Peter Camenzind, Hermann Hesse