“It is easy to go down into Hell...; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air---there's the rub...”

“The descent into Hell is easy”

“Each of us bears his own Hell.”

“[He]Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air,Then cleft the man's brow square between the templesCutting his head in two -- a dreadful gashBetween the cheeks all beardless. Earth resoundedQuivering at the great shock of his weightAs he went tumbling down in all his armor,Drenched with blood and brains; in equal halvesHis head hung this and that way from his shoulders.”

“Vera incessu patuit dea.(The goddess indubitable was revealed in her step.)”

“There's a snake hidden in the grass. Virgil. Ecologues,no. 3.1.1o8”

“The signs of the old flame, I know them well.I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me downor the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.”