Quotes by Heinrich von Kleist

"But paradise is locked and bolted.... We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open."
— Heinrich von Kleist
"the kiss and the bite are such close cousins that in the heat of love they are too readily confounded"
— Heinrich von Kleist
"Misconceptions are unavoidable now that we've eaten of the Tree of Knowledge. But Paradise is locked and bolted, and the cherubim stands behind us. We have to go on and make the journey round the world to see if it is perhaps open somewhere at the back."
— Heinrich von Kleist
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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç fɔn ˈklaɪst] ⓘ; 18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works...