Blood Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

11 Blood quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Rilke’s lyrical sensibility turns Blood into a meditation on life’s fleeting moments. In this brief collection, eleven verses invite quiet reflection and emotional depth.

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My blood is alive with many voices telling me I am made of longing.

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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

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Every intensification is good, if it is in your entire blood, if it isn't intoxication or muddiness, but joy which you can…

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He does not always remain bent over the pages; he often leans back and closes his eyes over a line he has…

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They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as…

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To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs…

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For our part, when we feel, we evaporate; ah, we breathe ourselves out and away; with each new heartfire we give off…

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Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you. Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you. And without feet I can make…

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So it's back once more, back up the slope. Why do they always ruin my rope with their cuts? I felt so…

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All feelings that concentrate you and lift you up are pure; only that feeling is impure which grasps just one side of…

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And still it is not enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them when they are many, and one…

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