Quotes about Dante

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I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we're thinking about things that we don't know we're thinking ab — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to think abou — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I guess I didn't have it so bad.Maybe everybody didn't love me,but i wasn't one of those kids that everyone hated,either — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
...It is the one time Dante calls such explicit attention to the idea of contrapasso-a word for which we have no exact t — Matthew Pearl, The Dante Club
DANTE: And what if you found out you were right? What if it meant that I could hurt you?RENEE: I would not say that I'm — Yvonne Wood, Dead Beautiful
Dante Alighieri wrote his first book in the prosimetrum genre – La Vita Nuova – in 14th century Florence. Since I’m comp — Jalina Mhyana, Dreaming in Night Vision: A Story in Vignettes
Try it again," I said. "Kiss me.""No," he said."Kis — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I wished it was raining," he said."I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you. — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery-- — Dante Alighieri, Inferno
Through me is the way to the city of woe. Through me is the way to sorrow eternal. Through me is the way to the lost bel — Dante Alighieri, Inferno
Archie asked me if I knew Dante's definition of hell..."Proximity without intimacy," he said. — Melissa Bank, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
For whence did Dante get the material for his hell, if not from this actual world of ours? And indeed he made a downrigh — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
...you found me in my lonely labyrinth and like Beatrice, led me out of my own hell... — John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
Dante, I think, committed a crude blunder when, with a terror-inspiring ingenuity, he placed above the gateway of his he — Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo
Bourbon, Kentucky bourbon especially, is like Dante’s Inferno in a glass, fire walks down your throat, lungs, and heart — Bruce Crown, Forlorn Passions
She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, ‘she is my betrothed.’'Sometimes one and the same thing,' sai — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
There is no greater sorrowThan to recall a happy timeWhen miserable. — Dante Alighieri
He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him. — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I wonder if Blue knows she’s repainting her room.I wonder if he’s asking if she wants a ride to the party tonight.I wond — Victoria Scott, The Collector