“A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.”

— Hermann Hesse, book Steppenwolf

Source: Steppenwolf (1927), p. 56
Context: A thousand such possibilities await him. His fate brings them on, leaving him no choice; for those outside of the bourgeoisie live in the atmosphere of these magic possibilities. A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.

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