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" So now my prayer is this:

You, my own deep soul,
trust me. I will not betray you.
My blood is alive with many voices
telling me I am made of longing.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, from “Dann bete du, wie es dich dieser Iehrt,” Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, trans. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy (Riverhead Books, 1996) "

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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : So now my prayer is this:<br /><br />You, my own deep soul,<br />trust me. I will not betray you.<br />My blood is alive with many voices<br />telling me I am made of longing.<br /><br />— Rainer Maria Rilke, from “Dann bete du, wie es dich dieser Iehrt,” <i>Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God</i>, trans. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy (Riverhead Books, 1996)