Siddhartha Hermann Hesse -

And as Siddhartha spoke, his face held all the faces the river had ever shown him: the prince, the beggar, the lover, the father, the ferryman, the stone. Govinda saw it. For one long, silent, shattering moment, he did not seek the truth. He saw it.

Govinda, his childhood shadow, came wandering by years later. He was an old monk now, still seeking, still not finding. He touched Siddhartha’s forehead, hoping for a word, a secret, a final truth. siddhartha hermann hesse

And he had grown tired. So tired, that the only honest thing left was to walk to this river and sink. And as Siddhartha spoke, his face held all

“And that is good,” Vasudeva said, his weathered face a mask of ancient calm. “To suffer. To love. To let go.” He saw it