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Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1929

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Rory at the book sale: Letters to a Young Poet

Rilke wrote these ten letters between 1903 and 1908 to a 19-year-old military cadet who'd mailed him some poems. The advice boils down to go inside yourself, which Rory has been doing with a book in her hand since the pilot.

Sources: Rory's Books from the Buy a Book Fundraiser, The Annotated Gilmore Girls · The Real Rory Book List: Season Two, Oy With the Poodles

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