Rilke
Americannoun
noun
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The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote that “the highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
He pauses to recite poetry, be it Sufi or Rilke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke once told a young writer that we shouldn’t try to eliminate uncertainty, but instead learn “to love the questions themselves.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
Shin cites capaciously, bringing in Herman Melville, Rainer Maria Rilke and Korean burial rites.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Mention should be made of some prose writings which Rilke published in the year 1898 and shortly afterward.
From Poems by Rilke, Rainer Maria
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