More quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

"Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you.Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you.And without feet I can make my way to you,without a mouth I can swear your name.Break off my arms, I'll take hold of youwith my heart as with a hand.Stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat.And if you consume my brain with fire,I'll feel you burn in every drop of my blood."
"Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other."
"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."
"The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things."