Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting still has a shape in the…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting still has a shape in the kingdom of transformation. When something's let go of, it circles; and though we are rarely the center of the circle, it draws around us its unbroken, marvelous curve. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, For Hans Carossa
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