If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, lik…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2005). In Praise of Mortality: Selections from Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
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If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2005). In Praise of Mortality: Selections from Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)

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