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At a beach outing he would stumble along behind the party, gazing at a seashell in his fist. His withdrawal may have been necessary, for it concealed an inhuman sort of pride. This passage from Klee's journal stands engraved on his tombstone: "I cannot be understood in purely earthly terms. For I can live as happily with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat nearer to the heart of all creation than is usual. But still far from being near enough."