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" So much it availed,
you coming to him at night; his destiny, tall in its cloak, stepped back
behind the cupboard, and his unquiet future, easily shifting,
fitted itself into the folds of the curtain. "

Rainer Maria Rilke , Duino Elegies


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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : So much it availed,<br />you coming to him at night; his destiny, tall in its cloak, stepped back<br />behind the cupboard, and his unquiet future, easily shifting,<br />fitted itself into the folds of the curtain.