“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other.”
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
“The two conditions that lead others to languor – i. e. leisure and solitude – him made sharper.”
Book III, section 1
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)
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