“Live in these books for a while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be repaid you thousands and thousands of times, and however your life may turn out - this love, I am sure of it, will run through the weave of your becoming as one of the most important threads of all among the other threads of your experiences, disappointments and joys."

If these letters are of any indication of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetic writing style... I need to read his poetry now. Wow. These letters were simplistic but so ethereal.