# Quote — Friedrich Hölderlin, Hyperion

> It was not delight, not wonder that arose among us, it was the peace of heaven.
>
> A thousand times have I said it to her and to myself: the most beautiful is also the most sacred. And such was everything in her. Like her singing, even so was her life.

- Author: [Friedrich Hölderlin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin.md)
- Book: [Hyperion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin/hyperion.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin/hyperion/it-was-not

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