Quote by: Novalis

Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the shattering, ceaseless wit of this kind of despair. There is no inclination for anything any more--the person is alone, like a baleful power--as he has no connection with the rest of the world he consumes himself gradually--and in accordance with his own principle he is--misanthropic and misotheos.


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Author Bio


  • NameNovalis
  • DescriptionGerman poet
  • BornMay 2, 1772
  • DiedMarch 25, 1801
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Philosopher; Civil Engineer