To be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure. (Rainer Maria Rilke)

To be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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