“So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is—other people!”

Garcin, Act 1, sc. 5
Variant: So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.
Source: No Exit (1944)

Original

Alors, c’est ça l’enfer. Je n'aurais jamais cru… vous vous rappelez: le soufre, le bûcher, le gril… ah! Quelle plaisanterie. Pas besoin de gril, l'enfer, c'est les autres.

No Exit (1944)

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