Embracing Uncertainty
…be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves…Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet · Letter Four
Short translated excerpt; ellipses mark omitted text.
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German-language poetry
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Embracing Uncertainty
…be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves…Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet · Letter Four
Short translated excerpt; ellipses mark omitted text.
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