“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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“The art road is paved with thorns.”
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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
“The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed animals”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Variant: All right. Have it your own way. Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.
Source: The Sun Also Rises (1926)
“The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference.”
Ian Kershaw (1943) British historian
As quoted in Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich: Bavaria 1933-45 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0198219229 (1983), p. 277.
“The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Alex Lightwood, Simon Lewis, and the Seelie Queen, pg. 353-354
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
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'I always heard it was paved with good intentions,' said Simon.
'Place your feet upon the way and find out, Daylighter,' said the Queen.
“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)