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“For where did Dante get the material for his Hell, if not from this actual world of ours?”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“ 'Do not ask what brings Dante to man but what brings man to Dante-to personally enter his sphere, though it is forever severe…

— Matthew Pearl

“I am not so fortunate as to have Virgil as my guide, but I do have Dante as my inspiration.”

— Michael H. Stone

“Dantes remained confused and silent by this explanation of the thoughts which had unconsciously been working in his mind, or rather soul; for there…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Which circle did Dante himself go to after death...”

— John Ajvide Lindqvist

“And that was when I remembered the common theme I’d heard about Dante besides his need to fuck anything with two legs and a…

— Sloane Kennedy

“Thought he must be a lunatic—or too fond of the Communion wine or some such thing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“He closed his eyes and let his head fall back, his visage a portrait of sex. (A description of Dante).”

— Marita A. Hansen

Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies…

— Goldwin Smith

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

— Margaret Powell

“It was as if Dante had recommended some lost soul in the Inferno to occupy his mind by knitting jumpers.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“For the first time in his life he understood why the Bible called sex "knowing". Everything was different. Now he knew Dante. He'd known…

— Damon Suede