Je weiter ich lebe, desto nötiger scheint es mir, auszuhalten, das ganze Diktat des Daseins bis zum Schluss nachzuschreiben; denn es möchte sein, dass erst der letzte Satz jenes kleine, vielleicht unscheinbare Wort enthält, durch welches alles mühsam Erlernte und Unbegriffene sich gegen einen herrlichen Sinn hinüberkehrt.
Letter to Ilse Erdmann, 21 December 1913, in Letters on Life, U. Baer, trans. (2007)
Rilke's Letters
“the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.”
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American writer 1946–2018Related quotes
As quoted in D. H. Lawrence and Nine Women Writers (1996) by Leo Hamalian, p. 93
“There is only one enduring happiness in life—to live for others.”
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Family Happiness (1859)
spirituality and consciousness
“The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.”
“There are infinite possibilities.”
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