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I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Age: 51 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 4
Died: 1926
Died: December 29
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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
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Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
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