Hermann Hesse, Wer lieben kann, ist glücklich. Über die Liebe

"You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else."

"When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults."

"Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure."