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> [“We see that in the organic world, to the same degree that reflection gets darker and weaker, grace grows ever more radiant and dominant. But just as two lines intersect on one side of a point, and after passing through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/we-see-that-in-the-organic-world-to-the-same-degree-that-reflection/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

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## More by Heinrich von Kleist

> [“Does that mean", I said in some bewilderment, "that we must eat again of the tree of knowledge in order to return to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/does-that-mean-i-said-in-some-bewilderment-that-we-must-eat-again-of/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [To live in a place where I am not, and in a time that is either past or not yet come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/to-live-in-a-place-where-i-am-not-and-in-a-time-that-is-either-past/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/but-paradise-is-locked-and-bolted-we-must-make-a-journey-around-the/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/misconceptions-are-unavoidable-now-that-we-ve-eaten-of-the-tree-of/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [“We see that in the organic world, to the same degree that reflection gets darker and weaker, grace grows ever more radiant and dominant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/we-see-that-in-the-organic-world-to-the-same-degree-that-reflection/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [In Santiago, the capital of the kingdom of Chile, at the moment of the great earthquake of 1647 in which many thousands lost their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/in-santiago-the-capital-of-the-kingdom-of-chile-at-the-moment-of-the/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [I write only because I cannot stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/i-write-only-because-i-cannot-stop/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/we-must-make-a-journey-around-the-world-to-see-if-a-back-door-has/)

[Heinrich von Kleist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-von-kleist/)

> [“In M---, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O---, a lady of unblemished reputation and the mother of several well-brought-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-von-kleist/in-m-an-important-town-in-northern-italy-the-widowed-marquise-of-o-a/)

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