{"product_id":"rilke-life-in-circles-phone-case","title":"Rilke Life in Circles Phone Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eA literary quote phone case featuring Rainer Maria Rilke's \"I live my life in circles that grow wide and endlessly unroll...\" from \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905 (tr. Jessie Lemont, 1918). Literary objects by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I live my life in circles that grow wide and endlessly unroll...”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRilke wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e in near-automatic sessions between 1899 and 1903 — poems he described as arriving whole, as if dictated from somewhere he couldn't name. The poem this line opens is not about expansion as progress. It is about the shape of a life that doesn't travel in a straight line toward mastery. The circles grow. They don't close. Every time you pick up this case, that's the first thing you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe warm burnished arcs sweeping from the upper right aren't decoration — they are the poem's argument made visual. Concentric curves radiating outward, left open, never completing. In the same way an enso is deliberately drawn without closing the loop, these arcs signal that the motion of the circle is the point — not arriving at its end. The quote sits inside this movement, surrounded by it on one side, open on the other. The matte black ground keeps everything receding so only the arcs and the words hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full story behind this quote: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/blogs\/journal\/rilke-book-of-hours-life-in-circles\"\u003eRainer Maria Rilke and the Life That Moves in Circles\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-tee\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke Book of Hours T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — the same quote on cotton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-organic-tee\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke Organic Edition T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — 100% organic cotton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Case\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTough dual-layer construction — flexible TPU inner layer, hard polycarbonate outer shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaised edges protect the screen and camera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInduction charging compatible — works with most wireless devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable for iPhone 11 through iPhone 17 Pro Max\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCare note: Keep away from liquids with high alcohol content and prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the design.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader who marks the margins. The thinker who returns to the same question from a new angle and is not embarrassed by it. The one who understands that a life that spirals outward is not a life that has lost direction — it's a life in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarry the orbit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRainer Maria Rilke, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1875–1926, born in Prague — wrote in German, one of the rare poets who survives translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (1905) was completed in three separate bursts of writing; he described them as sessions of dictation, not composition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent his adult life deliberately homeless — Russia, Paris, a castle on the Adriatic — convinced that stability would silence him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe translation used here is Jessie Lemont's 1918 version — the first English translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, and the one in public domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"iPhone 11","offer_id":42763024498782,"sku":"1523219_15392","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro","offer_id":42763024531550,"sku":"1523219_15393","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","offer_id":42763024564318,"sku":"1523219_15394","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 mini","offer_id":42763024597086,"sku":"1523219_15396","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12","offer_id":42763024629854,"sku":"1523219_15395","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro","offer_id":42763024662622,"sku":"1523219_15397","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro Max","offer_id":42763024695390,"sku":"1523219_15398","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 mini","offer_id":42763024728158,"sku":"1523219_15400","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13","offer_id":42763024760926,"sku":"1523219_15399","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro","offer_id":42763024793694,"sku":"1523219_15401","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","offer_id":42763024826462,"sku":"1523219_15402","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14","offer_id":42763024859230,"sku":"1523219_16125","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Plus","offer_id":42763024891998,"sku":"1523219_16129","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro","offer_id":42763024924766,"sku":"1523219_16127","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro Max","offer_id":42763024957534,"sku":"1523219_16131","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15","offer_id":42763024990302,"sku":"1523219_17715","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Plus","offer_id":42763025023070,"sku":"1523219_17717","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro","offer_id":42763025055838,"sku":"1523219_17719","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","offer_id":42763025088606,"sku":"1523219_17721","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16","offer_id":42763025121374,"sku":"1523219_20306","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Plus","offer_id":42763025154142,"sku":"1523219_20307","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro","offer_id":42763025186910,"sku":"1523219_20308","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro Max","offer_id":42763025219678,"sku":"1523219_20309","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17","offer_id":42763025252446,"sku":"1523219_33989","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Air","offer_id":42763025285214,"sku":"1523219_33990","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro","offer_id":42763025317982,"sku":"1523219_33991","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro Max","offer_id":42763025350750,"sku":"1523219_33992","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Rilke_Life_in_Circles_Phone_Case.png?v=1778713450","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/rilke-life-in-circles-phone-case","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}