I was the match that started the inferno.

“Because I was the match that started the inferno.”

— Jay McLean

The man who lies asleep will never waken fame.

— Dante Alighieri

Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence…

— Dan Brown

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door,…

— Carl Jung

“The language and the atmosphere there reminded me of Dante's Inferno.”

— Margaret Powell

New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the inferno with…

— John Gunther

“You hide it well, but I can see it, Lord Verniers. You hate us. We have beaten you to obedience but it's still there,…

— Anthony Ryan

“Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“No inferno os lugares mais quentes são reservados àqueles que escolheram a neutralidade em tempo de crise.”

— Dante Alighieri

His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.

— Marisha Pessl

“The man was no stranger to deception, and yet his heart was pounding wildly now. He took another deep, throbbing breath. You've been deceiving…

— Dan Brown

“Hades is evolved to the highest state of simplicity.”

— J. M. Ledgard

“Noi leggeveamo un giorno per diletto Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse; Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto Per più fiate gli occhi ci…

— Dante Alighieri

“Bourbon, Kentucky bourbon especially, is like Dante’s Inferno in a glass, fire walks down your throat, lungs, and heart and everything in between with…

— Bruce Crown

“(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education ~ the inferno to him is a 'place' invented by men.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri