A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic

Marriage

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Emanuel von Bodman. 17 Aug. 1901.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910, translated by Jane B. Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.

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