“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 Sun Also Rises (1926)
“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 hell is paved with adverbs.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“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
“If the way to hell is paved with good intentions, the way to defeat is paved with illusions.”
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900) German socialist politician
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
“Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[1992Jul2.222039.26476@netlabs.com, 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
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)
Context: There,' he said, pointing to the leafy tunnel. 'That goes farther into Faerie. And that'--he pointed ahead--'is the road to Hell. That's where we're going.'
'I always heard it was paved with good intentions,' said Simon.
'Place your feet upon the way and find out, Daylighter,' said the Queen.