Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.
Antonin Artaud
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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
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Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings
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