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Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

IMPERMANENCE"Driftsand of the hours. Quietly disappearing, continuously, even the happily consecrated design. Life blows away, always: pillars already risewithout connection, carrying nothing but empty air.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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