a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
Interpretation
A successful marriage involves both partners respecting each other's need for personal space and individuality.
Rainer Maria Rilke emphasizes that a good marriage is not just about companionship but also about recognizing and safeguarding each partner's individuality and solitude. Each partner should act as a guardian of the other's personal space, allowing for growth and self-discovery while maintaining a strong bond of love and support.
In practice
During a wedding speech to emphasize the importance of personal space in a loving relationship.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
Again and again in history some people wake up. They have no ground in the crowd and move to broader deeper laws. They carry strange customs with them and demand room for bold and audacious action. The future speaks ruthlessly through them. They change the world.
And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.
No woman should ever have to choose between maintaining a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.
"I hate you." My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me.She really did. "I love you," was all I could say in return. "You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." "I'm trying not to be.β Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.
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