Circles Of Hell Quotes

• There is heroism even in the circles of hell for fellow-sinners who cling to each other in the fiery whirlwind and never recriminate.

  George Eliot

  Hero, Circles, Hell

  George Eliot (2000). “Felix Holt, The Radical”, p.433, Broadview Press

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

  Dante Alighieri

  Wall, Circles, Iron

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• There had to be a circle of Hell where you were eternally fourteen, eternally in junior high. One of the lower circles.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Circles, Juniors, Junior High

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.1718, Penguin

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• The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell.

  Regina Brett

  Phones, Circles, Ideas

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• When Dante described the circles of Hell, he clearly forgot the one where a hungry pixie sits on one's shoulder for eternity.

  Elizabeth May

  Circles, Pixies, Hell

  Elizabeth May (2014). “The Falconer: Book One of the Falconer Trilogy”, p.137, Chronicle Books

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• I hate the telephone. I think the lowest circle of hell is reserved for Alexander Graham Bell.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Hate, Thinking, Circles

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