It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.

Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

These soft nights hold me like themselves aloft and I lie without a lover.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone...

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

For believe me, the more one is, the richer is all that one experiences. And...

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that...

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to...

There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to...

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are...

A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in...

A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in...

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Life without love is life lost, but life with a love is two lives saved.

Life without love is life lost, but life with a love is two lives saved.

I want to give you some love, I want to give you some good good...

I want to give you some love, I want to give you some good good...

All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.

All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love.