--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It would be good to give much thought…" description: "\"“It would be good to give much thought, before you try to find words for something so lost, for those long childhood afternoons you knew that vanished ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/rainer-maria-rilke-193_children_it-would-be-good-to-give-much-thought-be_621383.jpg" --- # It would be good to give much thought, before you try to… ![“It would be good to give much thought, before you try to find words for something so lost, for those long childhood afternoons you knew that vanished so completely -and why? We're still reminded-: sometimes by a rain, but we can no longer say what it means; life was never again so filled with…” quote by Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/rainer-maria-rilke-193_children_it-would-be-good-to-give-much-thought-be_621383.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/rainer-maria-rilke-193_children_it-would-be-good-to-give-much-thought-be_621383.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/rainer-maria-rilke-193_children_it-would-be-good-to-give-much-thought-be_621383.jpg) > ““It would be good to give much thought, before you try to find words for something so lost, for those long childhood afternoons you knew that vanished so completely -and why? We're still reminded-: sometimes by a rain, but we can no longer say what it means; life was never again so filled with meeting, with reunion and with passing on as back then, when nothing happened to us except what happens to things and creatures: we lived their world as something human, and became filled to the brim with figures. And became as lonely as a shepherd and as overburdened by vast distances, and summoned and stirred as from far away, and slowly, like a long new thread, introduced into that picture-sequence where now having to go on bewilders us.”” [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Nostalgia for lost innocence creates a longing that feels both distant and intimate. **In simple terms:** Missing childhood feels distant and intimate. Key Takeaway Reflect on what you’ve lost and cherish present moments. Themes nostalgia loss memory loneliness Mood melancholic reflective Type poetic philosophical When to use this quote - personal reflection - creative writing - grief counseling Key Concepts existentialism poetic longing Questions to Reflect On - What does the past teach you? - How can you honor loss while living now? 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