Inferno Quotes
"There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve."
"Death is followed by birth. To reach Paradise, man must pass through Inferno."
"For the love of God, tell us where you've hidden it!" For precisely the love of God, I will not.
"Seek, the woman whispered. And ye shall find."
"Ask yourself, What followed the Black Death? The Renaissance."
"Time grows short, she whispered. Seek and find."
"I pray the world remembers my name not as a monstrous sinner, but as the glorious savior you know I truly am."
"The three gnashing mouths are symbolic of how efficiently the plague ate through the population."
"Saligia is representative of the collective sins of mankind."
"The truth can be glimpsed only through the eyes of death."
"The underworld was portrayed as a cutaway cross section of the earth into which plunged a cavernous funnel-shaped pit of unfathomable depth."
"In the seven centuries since its publication, Dante’s enduring vision of hell had inspired tributes, translations, and variations by some of history’s greatest creative minds."
"Inferno had quite literally redefined medieval perceptions of damnation."
"The earth’s population, like our stack of paper, had very meager beginnings … but alarming potential."
"Following the poem’s release, the Catholic Church enjoyed an enormous uptick in attendance from terrified sinners looking to avoid Dante’s updated version of the underworld."
"Every year, we’re adding the equivalent of the entire country of Germany."
"Madness is the WHO staring into the abyss and denying it is there."
"The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race."
"The path to paradise passes directly through hell."
"Madness is an ostrich who sticks her head in the sand while a pack of hyenas closes in around her."
"Open your eyes! We are on the brink of the end of humanity."
"I am the gateway to the Posthuman age."
"I’m surprised you want to see the mask again."
"The fact that he had been accompanied by il Duomino meant that she really had no choice."
"His love for Beatrice became a central theme in The Divine Comedy."
"Some people claim that Dante’s exile is the reason why his death mask looks so sad."
"The practice was particularly widespread in commemorating eminent persons and men of genius."
"The Palazzo Vecchio is the oldest symbol of Florence."
"They have a spectacular staircase designed by Michelangelo."
"You should not miss our bust of Machiavelli."
"Ignazio had suffered a massive heart attack last night in an alleyway near the Duomo."
"The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle."
"The World Health Organization reacted by equating him with a religious zealot on a street corner holding a sign that says 'The End Is Near.'"
"Population growth is an exponential progression occurring within a system of finite space and limited resources. The end will arrive very abruptly."
"The longer we live, the more our resources go to supporting the elderly and ailing."
"It’s the conflict between Apollo and Dionysus—a famous dilemma in mythology. It’s the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing."
"‘Who Needs Agathusia?’ Its actual meaning is ‘a self-sacrifice for the common good.’"
"Anything is possible when people believe in a cause."
"If you could throw a switch and randomly kill half the population on earth, would you do it?"
"It’s a hypothetical question. Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction?"
"No, she assured herself. I know his reputation too well; he’s better than that."
"Your friend here didn’t give me much chance to reconsider."
"I’m not sure what you’ve been waiting for, but please let me be your first."
"Seek and ye shall find. That’s what this code says."
"If I had the plague, I would not be treating it with an over-the-counter antihistamine."
"Who better than a bunch of celibate male octogenarians to tell the world how to have sex?"
"We need to share this video with Dr. Elizabeth Sinskey."
"Despite the laws forbidding feeding them, the celebrated pigeons of Venice appeared to be alive and well."
"Sometimes accused of offering 'an embarrassing surfeit of ingress,' the building’s lower facade was almost entirely taken up by a phalanx of five recessed entrances."
"One of Europe’s finest specimens of Byzantine architecture, St. Mark’s had a decidedly soft and whimsical appearance."
"The four copper horses had been cast in the fourth century by an unknown Greek sculptor on the island of Chios."
"The decorative collars were added to the horses’ necks in 1204 by the Venetians to conceal where the heads had been severed."
"‘The darkest places in hell,’ he whispered, ‘are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.’"
"The beauty of these creatures left such an impression on Langdon that upon returning home, he researched them online."
"The Pala d’Oro was considered, along with the Horses of St. Mark’s, to be one of the finest treasures in Venice."
"'But I am not faceless. Nor am I heartless.' With that, Zobrist pulled off his mask and lowered the hood of his cloak—his face laid bare."
"You are my inspiration and my guide, my Virgil and my Beatrice all in one, and this masterpiece is as much yours as it is mine."
"My name is Bertrand Zobrist," he said, staring into the camera. "And this is my face, unveiled and naked for the world to see."
"Part of the illusion. We made a small incision in your scalp and then immediately closed it up with stitches. You had to believe you had been attacked."
"When you woke up, we wanted you to believe that people were trying to kill you … that you were in peril."
"That’s what you saw, but that’s not what happened. Vayentha worked for me. She had a superb skill set for this kind of work."
"Vayentha’s gun was loaded with blanks. It triggered a radio-controlled squib that detonated a blood pack on Dr. Marconi’s chest. He is fine, by the way."
"A quickly improvised set. When you woke up, you saw what we wanted you to see—hospital props, a few actors, and a choreographed attack scene."
"This is what my company does. We’re very good at creating illusions."
"The best illusions involve as much of the real world as possible."
"He’ll survive. He’s merely trying to process his new reality."
"Nothing is permanent, he reminded himself, still struggling to accept the potential catastrophe they were facing."
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." - Tony Robbins
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." - Helen Keller
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William Butler Yeats