Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law. ✨…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke, John J. L. Mood (1994). Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations, p.42, W. W. Norton & Company
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