Quotations by Author



Rainer Maria Rilke



Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.


I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.