“In the face of our collective condition of danger and pervasive loss, Rilke summons us to be present to our world in all its exquisite fragility. He reminds us that there is not a more important gift we can make… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“Full round apple, peach, pear, blackberry. Each speaks life and death into the mouth. Look at the face of a child eating them. The tastes come from afar and slowly grow nameless on the tongue. Where there were words, discoveries… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“To speak again of solitude, it becomes ever clearer that in truth there is nothing we can choose or avoid. We are solitary. We… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“We are told not to leave food on the table overnight: it draws the dead.” — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“I want to ask you, as clearly as I can, to bear with patience all that is unresolved in your heart, and try to… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“(in the sanitarium, in Rilke’s final illness) Brother body is poor…that means we must be rich for him. He was often the rich one;… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“In the face of our collective condition of danger and pervasive loss, Rilke summons us to be present to our world in all its… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
“Full round apple, peach, pear, blackberry. Each speaks life and death into the mouth. Look at the face of a child eating them. The… — Anita Barrows Copy Share Image
