Life and death: they are one, at core entwined. Who understands himsel…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Life and death: they are one, at core entwined. Who understands himself from his own strain presses himself into a drop of wine and throws himself into the purest flame. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, John J. L. Mood (1994). Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations, p.83, W. W. Norton & Company
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