“Dante's definition of hell: proximity without intimacy. From the Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing”
“proximity/intimacy is not the same thing as connectivity: it is at best an elaboration, at worst a slippage.”
“For where did Dante get the material for his Hell, if not from this actual world of ours?”
“Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante's hell is the inscription: "Leave behind all hope, you who enter here.”
“Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.”
“To hell with that. A man goin' fishing with two whores from Portland don't have to take that crap.”