Poetry Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“How surely gravity's law,”

“There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.”

“Amid these fading and decaying things, be the glass that rings out as it's breaking.”

“Every angel is terrifying.”

“Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own.”

“It was not in me It came and went”

“Ozymandias”

“Sometimes I think,”

“You see how I try”

“We remember though all the firelit glow”

“I have lost my smile,”

“I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so it’s summer, so it’s suicide, so we’re helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool.”