“I live my life in growing orbits which move out over this wondrous world, I am circling around God, around ancient towers and i have been circling for a thousand years. And I still dont know if I am an eagle or a storm or a great song.”

Source: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

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Austrian poet and writer 1875–1926

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