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Rainer Maria Rilke | 'This before all: ask yourself in the quietest hour of your night: ...

'This before all: ask yourself in the quietest hour of your night: must I write? Dig down into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should be in the affirmative, if you may meet this solemn question with a strong and simple, I must, then build your life according to this necessity.'

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