Demian by Hesse; insightful blurbs

This paragraph on page 29 of Herman Hesse Demian really struck me and caused me to ruminate over it.
Explaining the validity to his moral dilemma:

"I realize that some people will not believe that a child a little more than ten years is capable of having such feelings. MY story is not intended for them. I am telling it to those who have a better knowledge of man. The adult who has learned to translate a part of his feelings into thoughts notices the absence of these thoughts in a child, and therefore comes to believe that the child lacks these experiences, too Yet rarely in my life have I felt and suffered as deeply as at that time. "

Emil Sinclair

Demian view on religious laws: (pg 54)

"...That is why each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what is forbidden--forbidden for him. It's possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. And vice versa. Actually it's only a question of convenience. Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them; things are forbidden to them that every honorable man will do any day in the year and other things are allowed to them that are generally despised. Each person must stand on his own feet."

Demian