The demands which the difficult work of love makes upon our development are more than life-size, and as beginners we are not up to them. (Rainer Maria Rilke)

The demands which the difficult work of love makes upon our development are more than life-size, and as beginners we are not up to them.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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