“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.”

Source: On a Theatre of Marionettes

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German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer 1777–1811

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“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.”

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“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.”