“I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Source: Rainer Maria Rilke's the Book of Hours: A New Translation with Commentary

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Austrian poet and writer 1875–1926

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