Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
RAINER MARIA RILKEHe reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there’s another dog.
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Who has not sat before his own heart’s curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks.
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Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.
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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there’s another dog.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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A person isn’t who they are during the last conversation you had with them – they’re who they’ve been throughout your whole relationship.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest.
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
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The ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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