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Rainer Maria Rilke

“In marriage, the point is not to achieve a rapid union by tearing down and toppling all boundaries. Rather, in a good marriage each person appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude and thus shows him the greatest faith he can bestow. The being-together of two human beings is an impossibility; where it nonetheless seems to be present it is a limitation, a mutual agreement that robs one or both parts of their fullest freedom and development. Yet once it is recognized that even among the closest people there remain infinite distances, a wonderful coexistence can develop once they succeed in loving the vastness between them that affords them the possibility of seeing each other in their full gestalt before a vast sky!”

Rainer Maria Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke
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The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
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