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Who, if I cried out, would<br />
hear me among the<br />
angels’ hierarchies? and<br />
even if one of them<br />
suddenly pressed me<br />
against his heart, I would<br />
perish in the embrace of<br />
his stronger existence.<br />
For beauty is nothing but<br />
the beginning of terror<br />
which we are barely able<br />
to endure and are<br />
awed because it serenely<br />
disdains to annihilate<br />
us. Each single angel is<br />
terrifying.<br />
Rainer Maria Rilke<br />
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