We were expelled from Paradise, but Paradise was not destroyed. In a sense our expulsion from Paradise was a stroke of luck, for had we not been expelled, Paradise would have had to be destroyed.
Paradise Quotes
I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some sense, for a moment, that we are full of paradise without knowing it.
Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?
May I remind the poor dreamers of any Paradise Regained that God completely failed with the creation of this world. Why would He be successful with the other one?