10 Books to Read in 2015: Letters to a Young Poet

[izhilzha]

I bought a paperback copy of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke in a used bookstore when I was at university in Canada. It's a very thin book, and yet I never got around to reading it. I carried it home to Oregon, from there to Los Angeles and through two different apartments before my marriage. And now I have finally read it! (In the

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[nun_sense]

Just reading what you have written here makes me want to get this book right now. The two quotes above are perfection. I want to save the first one to give to couples I work with as we do their wedding preparation. The second speaks to my most recent experiences in such a real way. Thank you for sharing this!