It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was... - Rainer Maria Rilke
"It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)"
"It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)"
"But because truly being here is so much; because everything here apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way keeps calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all. Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too, just once. And never again. But to have been this once, completely, even if only once: to have been at one with the earth, seems beyond undoing."
"It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case."
"Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write."
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."
"That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other."