Nothing, you know, gives the body greater satisfaction than ordering people about, or at least believing in one's ability to do so.
Franz KafkaThe Expulsion from Paradise is eternal in its principal aspect: this makes it irrevocable, and our living in this world inevitable, but the eternal nature of the process has the effect that not only could we remain forever in Paradise, but that we are currently there, whether we know it or not.
Franz Kafka