Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakable tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). Letters to a Young Poet, p.24, New World Library
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Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakable tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). Letters to a Young Poet, p.24, New World Library

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