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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, On a Theatre of Marionettes

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“Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular, and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and nearly unbearable.”
Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

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