Aug 15, 2016

Hermann Hesse:  "He disliked making plans or promises too much ahead.  He felt uncomfortable unless the morrow was his to dispose of as he pleased...But time and time again a strange anxiety and homesickness had driven this migrant, who was always on the move and could never settle down anywhere, back by forced marches.  His carefreeness seemed to leave him when he found himself in a place with a strange dialect and customs, where no one knew him...He thought about his eccentric friend who wanted nothing of life but to look on, and he could not have said whether this was asking too much or too little.  A person who worked hard and got ahead could never walk with so light and jaunty a step.  No, he was right in doing what his nature demanded and making Sundays out of weekdays."