It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something i…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it. ✨ Letters to a Young Poet. Book by Rainer Maria Rilke. Letter Seven (May 14, 1904), 1929.
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