Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spr…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). Letters to a Young Poet
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Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). Letters to a Young Poet

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