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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 a fainter scent. True,
someone may tell us:
you're in my blood, this room, Spring
itself
is filled with you . . . To what end?
He can't hold us,
we vanish within him and around him. "

Rainer Maria Rilke , Duino Elegies


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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : For our part, when we feel, we<br /> evaporate; ah, we breathe<br />ourselves out and away; with each new<br /> heartfire<br />we give off a fainter scent. True, <br /> someone may tell us:<br />you're in my blood, this room, Spring<br /> itself<br />is filled with you . . . To what end?<br /> He can't hold us,<br />we vanish within him and around him.