Brain Pickings offers a nicely-done item on Hermann Hesse and solitude, titled “Hermann Hesse on Solitude, the Value of Hardship, the Courage to Be Yourself, and How to Find Your Destiny,” with related quotes on suffering, creativity, and other themes from various poets, writers, and thinkers.
URL: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/01/15/hermann-hesse-solitude-suffering-destiny/