The river is everywhere at the same time ... everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future. (Hermann Hesse)

The river is everywhere at the same time ... everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future.

Hermann Hesse

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