| Author Quoted | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Title Quoted | Das Buch der Bilder |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1965/10/19 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1902-1906 |
| Quotation | Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr, Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben, wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben und wird in den Alleen bin und her unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben. [Whose house is not built now shall build no more, who now is lonely long shall be alone, shall lie awake, and read, long letters write, and restlessly, among the drifting leaves of avenues shall wander, to and fro.] Rilke's autumn poem ["Autumn Day"]. Beautiful and close to home. |
| Quotation Source | Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 307 |
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