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Rainer Maria Rilke

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole

Rainer Maria Rilke

Love

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Rilke is saying that even the closest people have personal boundaries and differences that create a kind of space between them. If they appreciate and respect this space, it allows each person to fully understand and accept the other as a complete individual.

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