“The only paradise is paradise lost.” ― Marcel Proust
“How small these rescued tides appear! Earthly delights flow in torrents. Each object offers paradise.” ― André Breton
“We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.” ― Simone Weil
“Paradise is exactly like where you are right now… only much, much better.” ― Laurie Anderson
“Paradise is not a place, it’s a state of mind.” ― Anonymous
“Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.” ― Voltaire
“Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary.” ― Said Nursi
“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.” ― Karl Popper
“Your library is your paradise.” ― Desiderius Erasmus
“Paradise is too perfect for humanity.” ― Dario Argento
“Wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.” ― Wallace Stegner
“Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three — and paradise is when you have none.” ― Doug Larson
“Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.” ― Jean Paul
“Much better an intelligent hell than a stupid paradise.” ― Victor Hugo
“A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell! Thomas Fuller
“He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.” ― Abu Bakr
“Even paradise could become a prison if one had enough time to take notice of the walls.” ― Morgan Rhodes
“Privacy is paradise.” ― Holly Hunter
“A worker’s paradise is a consumer’s hell.” ― Esther Dyson
