Friday, September 07, 2007

FEAR

"...these fears that fell to my lot out of every day stirred a hundred other fears, and they stood up in me against me and agreed among themselves, and I couldn't get beyond them. In striving to form them, I came to work creatively on them ; instead of making them into things of my will, I only gave them a life of their own which they turned against me..."

-Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

1 comment:

mcunningham said...

Since you like this letter by Rainer Maria Rilke, you may be interested in the new novel LOST SON, based on Rilke's life and work.

Find out more about the book and the poet at www.mallencunningham.blogspot.com

Cheers.