Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a v…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin's bow, which draws one voice out of two separate strings. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2015). Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, p.41, Modern Library
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Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin's bow, which draws one voice out of two separate strings. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2015). Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, p.41, Modern Library

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