Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dream…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1969). Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910, p.181, W. W. Norton & Company
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Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1969). Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910, p.181, W. W. Norton & Company

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