Hope not ever to see heaven. I come to lead you to the other shore; into the eternal darkness; into fire and ice.
Dante AlighieriMidway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. How hard it is to tell what it was like, this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn (the thought of it brings back all my old fears), a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer. But if I would show the good that came of it I must talk about things other than the good.
Dante AlighieriYou can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It's your call, pal.
Dante AlighieriLove, that exempts no one beloved from loving, seized me with pleasure of this man so strongly, that, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me.
Dante Alighieri