I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.


letter to Paula Modersohn-Becker, 12 February 1902, in Gesammelte Briefe (1904) vol. 1

Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.