One of my all-time favorite pieces of literature ever written on the planet Earth. 10 letters (10's my favorite number). Jam-packed with insightful thoughts. Originally written in the German language. Match made, people, match made.
Isn't this the most beautiful passage on love you've ever read?
For one human being to love another human being, that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation... [Love] is a high inducement for the individual to ripen... to become world in himself for the sake of another person... human love... consists in this: that two solitudes protect and border and greet each other. R.M. Rilke
Can't think of a better combination of inspiring, comforting, and insightful words to hear spoken on my wedding day. That is, if I manage to hear anything at all above the sound of my own heartbeat.
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