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Rainer Maria Rilke - Things are not as easily...

Things are not as easily understood nor as expressible as people usually would like us to believe. Most happenings are beyond expression; they exist where a word has never intruded. (Rainer Maria Rilke)

Things are not as easily understood nor as expressible as people usually would like us to believe. Most happenings are beyond expression; they exist where a word has never intruded.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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