Hell quotations

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◆ There are moments when even to the sober eye of reason, the world of our sad humanity may assume the semblance of Hell.

- Edgar Allan Poe99

◆ An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

- Victor Hugo99

◆ Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.

- Criss Jami99

◆ I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died.

- Sylvia Plath99

◆ I believe I am in Hell, therefore I am.

- Arthur Rimbaud99

◆ The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.

- Bill Hicks99

◆ Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein99

◆ So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.

- George Carlin99

◆ Hell is just a frame of mind.

- Christopher Marlowe99

◆ The path to paradise begins in hell.

- Dante Alighieri99

◆ I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.

- William S. Burroughs99

◆ Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.

- Jorge Luis Borges99

◆ Though I obviously have no proof of this, the one aspect of life that seems clear to me is that good people do whatever they believe is the right thing to do. Being virtuous is hard, not easy. The idea of doing good things simply because you're good seems like a zero-sum game; I'm not even sure those actions would still qualify as 'good,' since they'd merely be a function of normal behavior. Regardless of what kind of god you believe in--a loving god, a vengeful god, a capricious god, a snooty beret-wearing French god, or whatever--one has to assume that you can't be penalized for doing the things you believe to be truly righteous and just. Certainly, this creates some pretty glaring problems: Hitler may have thought he was serving God. Stalin may have thought he was serving God (or something vaguely similar). I'm certain Osama bin Laden was positive he was serving God. It's not hard to fathom that all of those maniacs were certain that what they were doing was right. Meanwhile, I constantly do things that I know are wrong; they're not on the same scale as incinerating Jews or blowing up skyscrapers, but my motivations might be worse. I have looked directly into the eyes of a woman I loved and told her lies for no reason, except that those lies would allow me to continue having sex with another woman I cared about less. This act did not kill 20 million Russian peasants, but it might be more 'diabolical' in a literal sense. If I died and found out I was going to hell and Stalin was in heaven, I would note the irony, but I couldn't complain. I don't make the fucking rules.

- Chuck Klosterman99

◆ I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.

- William Blake99

◆ animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along

- Charles Bukowski99