Understand, I'll slip quietly away from the noisy crowd when I see the pale stars rising, blooming, over the oaks. I'll pursue solitary pathways through the pale twilit meadows with only this one dream: You come too.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for shared solitude with a loved one amidst the chaos of life.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote evokes a yearning for intimacy and connection in a tranquil setting, away from the distractions of the world. The imagery of slipping away from a noisy crowd to pursue quiet, solitary paths represents a longing for a deeper bond, where the speaker invites a beloved companion to join them on a journey of shared dreams and peaceful experiences.
In practice
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to highlight the beauty of shared dreams in a relationship.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
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And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
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Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling.
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