Status Updates From Rilke in Paris

Rodin to Rilke: "One must work, nothing but work. You should not dream of creating this or that, it is not enough to construct your own means of expression, and then declare everything. You must work. You must have patience. Look neither to right nor to left. Lead your whole life in this cycle and look for nothing beyond this life."

I'm so dumb. This isn't fictional. It's a boring historical piece with only some of his letters making it interesting. It's making me miss Paris too :(((( What I get for buying a book based on the cover. (not this garbage one Goodreads has)

We are solitude. We can, it is true, grant ourselves change...But that is all. How much better it would be for us to understand that we are solitude. Yes, and to depart with this truth!