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Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the the hour of the new clarity.”

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Rainer Maria Rilke

German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more

“And this is how I know that it's all just words, words, words - that fundamentally, they make no difference... Our relationship, for as long as things were good, and in that moment when they could have been good again, was about the irrelevance of words. You feel what you feel, you act as you act, who in the history of the world has ever been convinced by a well-reasoned argument?”

Knows World Feels Wells Long Has Beens Moments Differences Argument Convinced That Moment Our Relationship World History Could Have Been Irrelevance

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

“Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.”

Heaven Holy Pure Glory Deeds Celestial

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“The time flies. The time flies feed on rotting clocks.”

Clock Rotting Time Flies

Book:Dermaphoria

Source: Dermaphoria

“Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with a variation and multiplication of variation which makes the tongue envious.”

Hands Praying Promise Refuse Tongue Admire Command Appeals Variation Envious Mock Menace Cringe Multiplication