“Society has been able to create refuges of every sort, for since it preferred to take love-life as an amusement, it also had to give it an easy form, cheap, safe, and sure, as public amusements are.”
Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rainer Maria Rilke
German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more
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Source: Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
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“Just keep going - no feeling is final.”
Source: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
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“May you find in yourself enough patience to endure and enough simplicity to have faith.”
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
“Now I come to you full of future. And from habit we begin to live our past.”
Source: Letters to a Young Poet