There is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear, and almost everyone has hours when he would gladly exchange it for any kind of sociability, however trivial or cheap, for the tiniest outward agreement with the first person who comes along.
Rainer Maria RilkeI think of you often, dear, and with such concentrated wishes that it really must help you in some way.
Rainer Maria RilkeI have patience for centuries in me and will live as though my time were very big.
Rainer Maria RilkeAs the arrow endures the string, and in the gathering momentum becomes more than itself. Because to stay is to be nowhere.
Rainer Maria Rilke