Quotes about hell
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“Like a revolving door to hell.”

Source: The Forbidden Game

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“Hell’s put in a skating rink,” Shane said. “This is actually edible, Eve.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: The Dead Girls' Dance

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“Mornings are pure evil from the pits of hell, which is why I don't do them anymore." Eve”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Bite Club

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“Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.”

Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union

The Sign (May 1938) This has been misquoted as: The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

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“You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.”

Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 30 (pp. 194-195)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Context: (She is reciting the Lord’s prayer) Now we come to forgiveness. Don’t worry about forgiving me right now. There are more important things. For instance: keep the others safe, if they are safe. Don’t let them suffer too much. If they have to die, let it be fast. You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.

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“No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell.”

Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director

Van Gogh, the Man Suicided by Society (1947)

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“I have three rules to live by: Get your work done. If that doesn't work, shut up and drink your gin, and when all else fails, run like hell.”

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

Source: Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews

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“Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has gone to hell in a handbasket.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

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“BRODIE:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for SEGA.”

Kevin Smith (1970) American screenwriter, actor, film producer, public speaker and director
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“I believe I am in Hell, therefore I am”

Source: City of Ashes

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“Sometimes women scare the hell out of me.”

Michael Crichton (1942–2008) American author, screenwriter, film producer

Source: Disclosure

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“Katherine," he said. He was still smiling.
"Yes." She leaned closer.
"Katherine…"
"Yes, Damon?"
"Go to hell.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: The Fury / Dark Reunion

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“Hell is truth known too late.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: The Upper Room (1888), Ch. XIX: "Thoughts for Young Men"

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“That's not fair," I said.
"Georgina," he said simply. "We're in Hell.”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

Source: Succubus Revealed

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“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”

Philip Roth (1933–2018) American novelist

As quoted in "Works in Progress" in The New York Times Book Review (15 July 1979), page BR1

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“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

On writing for adults, as quoted in Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel (1997) by Thomas Fensch, p. 96

“She'll go to hell. They all will. If hell will even have them.”

Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer

Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

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“Hell is paved with good intentions.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

April 14, 1775
Malone added a footnote indicating this is a "proverbial sentence", quoting an earlier 1651 source. At least two other sources appear prior to Johnson. John Ray, in 1670, cited as a proverb, "Hell is paved with good intentions." Even earlier than that, it has been attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), as "Hell is full of good intentions or desires."
[alt.quotations, Earlier Attributions, Wilson, Robert, UseNet, 2009-01-06]
Note that "The road to Hell…" is not part of the quotation.
The Samuel Johnson web site suggests this entry is dated 16 April, but it appears to be part of the previous entry.
Samuel Johnson web site http://www.samueljohnson.com/road.html
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2

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“There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Interview, The Paris Review (Summer 1956)

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“Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.”

Tanith Lee (1947–2015) British writer

Source: Wolf Queen

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“The universe explodes, hell freezes, and Shane does something resonable.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Kiss of Death

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