hell - quotes

Victor (Marie) Hugo, 1802-1885

was a French dramatist, novelist, and poet

It is possible to conceive of something even more terrible than a hell of suffering, and that is a hell of boredom.

( “Les Misérables”, 1862 )

Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956

was a German Communist and dramatist

On thinking about Hell, I gather
My brother Shelley found it was a place
Much like the city of London. I
Who live in Los Angeles and not in London
Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be
Still more like Los Angeles.

George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

was an Irish dramatist and socialist

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

William Congreve, 1670-1729

was an English dramatist

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

( “The Mourning Bride”, act III scene 8, 1697 )

John Milton, 1608-1674

was an English poet

Hell has no benefits, only torture.

( “Paradise Lost”, 1667 )