It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation...

The only journey is the journey within.

The only journey is the journey within.

He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest...

He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest...

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.

We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions...

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions...

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is...

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is...

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...

Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take...

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more...

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more...

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and...

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and...

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that...

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

I'm so glad you're here. . .it helps me realize how beautiful my world is.

I'm so glad you're here. . .it helps me realize how beautiful my world is.

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person...

There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...