Letter Seven

Jun 02, 2008 12:36

And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it. This very wish, if you use it calmly and prudently and like a tool, will help you spread out your solitude over a great distance. Most people have (with the help of conventions) turned their solutions toward what is ( Read more... )

rilke, solitude

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twirlingtulip June 2 2008, 23:29:39 UTC
:)

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jellyfish93 June 3 2008, 03:53:55 UTC
:)

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rag_and_bone June 3 2008, 15:22:51 UTC
you are leading me back to this book. the last time i read any of it, it was a copy that belonged to a couple for whom i was housesitting in philadelphia in 2003. i left the book propped open on the futon one day when i went out for a walk and when i came home, one of the dogs had taken a bite out of the spine so that when you opened the book, there was a ridged hole in the very center, which made it impossible to read.

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jellyfish93 June 3 2008, 16:39:41 UTC
you can read the full book here

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