Widening Circles Tee

Widening Circles Tee

Rainer Maria Rilke

"I live my life in widening circles."

Rilke wrote this as the opening of a poem in The Book of Hours — a book conceived as a kind of prayer, meditative and circular, reaching outward. The full line continues: that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one, but I give myself to it. The tee carries the opening. The thought it starts is one you finish yourself.

Widening circles. Not linear progress, not a destination — the steady, patient expansion of a life given to something larger than itself. The poem doesn't claim arrival. It claims effort. That distinction matters.

About This Tee

Soft, lightweight, built for daily wear:

• Bella Canvas — unisex fit, combed and ring-spun cotton
• Soft and lightweight — the right amount of drape without being flimsy
• DTG printed — sharp, durable print, wash after wash
• True to size — size up if between sizes
• Machine wash cold, tumble dry low
• Quoteiac logo on sleeve

Who It's For

The person whose life doesn't fit a straight line. The one who has circled back to the same question, the same place, the same person — and found something different each time. Who understands that growth isn't always forward, and that giving yourself to something you may not complete is its own kind of answer.

The circles keep widening. Give yourself to it.

The full quote — all of it, printed vertically — lives on the Widening Circles Tumbler.

Rainer Maria Rilke, in Plain English

• Lived: 1875–1926, born in Prague, wrote primarily in German
• Poet and prose writer — Letters to a Young Poet, The Duino Elegies, The Book of Hours
• One of the most widely read literary figures of the 20th century
• Beloved by artists, philosophers, and anyone navigating uncertainty
• The Book of Hours was written as a kind of prayer — meditative, circular, reaching