Heinrich von Kleist Quotes

• We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.

  Heinrich von Kleist

  Journey, Doors, World

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• To live in a place where I am not, and in a time that is either past or not yet come.

  Heinrich von Kleist

  Past

  Heinrich Von Kleist (1982). “An Abyss Deep Enough: The Life of Heinrich Von Kleist with a Selection of Essays and Anecdotes”, Dutton Adult

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• I write only because I cannot stop.

  Heinrich von Kleist

  Writing

  Heinrich Von Kleist (1982). “An Abyss Deep Enough: The Life of Heinrich Von Kleist with a Selection of Essays and Anecdotes”, Dutton Adult

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• In Santiago, the capital of the kingdom of Chile, at the moment of the great earthquake of 1647 in which many thousands lost their lives, a young Spaniard called Jeronimo Rugera was standing beside one of the pillars in the prison to which he had been committed on a criminal charge, and he was about to hang himself.

  Heinrich von Kleist

  Earthquakes, Pillars, Criminals

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