If there is nothing you can share with other people, try to be close t…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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If there is nothing you can share with other people, try to be close to Things, they will not abandon you; and the nights are still here and the winds that move through the trees and across many lands; everything in the world of Things and animals is still filled with happening, which you can take part in.
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