“those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
“Never did these thanes of hell escape their just deserts.”
Sjálfstætt fólk (Independent People) (1935), Book One, Part I: Icelandic Pioneers
Context: Never did these thanes of hell escape their just deserts. No one ever heard of Harekur or Gongu-Hrolfur or Bernotus being worsted in the final struggle. In the same way no one will be able to say that Bjartur of Summerhouses ever got the worst of it in his world war with the country's specters, no matter how often he might tumble over a precipice or roll head over heels down a gully - "while there's a breath left in my nostrils, it will never keep me down, no matter how hard it blows."
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Source: The Quiet American
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Source: Last Sacrifice