"I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell."

Paradise, Hell, Right

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"I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell."

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"We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

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"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."

John Berry, British Soldier

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"I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there."

Charles de Secondat, French Philosopher

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"Paradise will be a kind of library."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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Hugo Ball, German Author

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"Make your paradise here on earth, your own little paradise."

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"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

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"If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise."

Camille Claudel, French Sculptor

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"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

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"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

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