Each of us bears his own Hell

Each of us bears his own Hell

Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the read more

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the wall that circles it about.

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, read more

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, I, that was an actress here,
Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there.

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for read more

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and read more

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine . . . . War is hell.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.