Demian

I picked this up more or less by chance, though it was an interesting choice in the sense that it reflected an intersection of the ideas Nietzche and Jung during a period when I am deeply fascinated by Jung and had just listened to a Great Courses series on Nietzche. Generally fascinating, though not entirely resonant with my developing perspective on the topic of self-will that has occupied a lot of space in my thoughts recently.

"One never reaches home," she said. "But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time."

"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"