Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Protect me from what I want:
"But because being here is much, and because all this
posted by fuzzkill 3:12 am
"But because being here is much, and because all thisthat's here, so fleeting, seems to require us and strangely
concerns us. Us the most fleeting of all. Just once,
everything, only for once. Once and no more. And we, too,
once. And never again. But this
having been once, though only once,
having been once on earth - can it ever be cancelled?"
- Rainer Maria Rilke, from the Duino Elegies, excerpt from the Ninth Elegy
posted by fuzzkill 3:12 am
