Rainer Maria Rilke
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I am so afraid of people's words.They describe so distinctly everything: And this they call dog and that they call house, here the start and there the end. I worry about their mockery with words, they know everything, what will be, what was; no mountain is still miraculous; and their house and yard lead right up to God. I want to warn and object: Let the things be! I enjoy listening to the sound they are making. But you always touch: and they hush and stand still. That's how you kill. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (2005). Pictures of God: Rilke's Religious Poetry Including The Life of the Virgin Mary, Annmarie s Kidder

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