Everything in the world of things and animals is still filled with hap…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Everything in the world of things and animals is still filled with happening, which you can take part in. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). Letters to a Young Poet
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Everything in the world of things and animals is still filled with happening, which you can take part in. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). Letters to a Young Poet

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