History Quotes / SelfInflictedHell

-> '''ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}:''' Wait, he--he gets a castle? I thought if you sold your soul to the Devil, you got punished when you died!\\
'''Marduk Kurios:''' Oh, he's getting punished... hate is Hell. And William Stryker can't ever let it go. No matter what riches and glory he acquires, he can never enjoy it. He just wallows here in all-consuming fury... thinking about the mutants who have offended him... humiliated him... murdered him... it's quite tedious, honestly. You can't have a normal conversation with him. It's always 'And then do you know what the mutants did?' But then, soon enough, he's called back to Earth and the cycle repeats itself. He tortures himself, really. I barely have to lift a finger.

-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''

-> '''Faust''' Where are you damn'd?
-> '''Mephistopheles''' In hell.
-> '''Faust''' How comes it then that thou art out of hell?
-> '''Mephistopheles''' Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.

->[[spoiler: '''Eugene:''']] [[MoralEventHorizon I murdered him]]... I murdered my son. [[RealityWarper I-I created this world]], a perfect place to live, everything ordered, everything ritualized, and for a while I can forget what I did, I can live in peace without [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the guilt]] - and then [[OffTheRails the history stops making sense]] and [[RegularlyScheduledEvil the face comes back!]] The same face comes back to remind me! [...] But don't worry, I-I have a knife. I'll kill it again; I'll save you both!

->[[spoiler: '''Eugene:''']] I'm the only one who can stop it!
->'''The Doctor:''' But that's what you always do, [[spoiler: Eugene]], isn't it? The Child ''wants'' you to kill it! It's trying to make you act out your crime again!
->'''[[HumanoidAbomination The Child]]:''' [[AC: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you my father? Are you my murderer?]] ]]

'''Lucifer:''' You humans. You send yourselves. Driven down by your own guilt, forcing yourselves to relive your sins over and over. And the best part--the doors aren't locked. You could leave any time. It says something that no one ever does, doesn't it?

->''"That which I was in life, I am in death."''
-->-- '''Capaneus''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''

-->-- ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', (deleted scene)

->"The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight."
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''.

->The doors of Hell are locked on the inside. I do not mean that the ghosts may not wish to come out of Hell, in the vague fashion wherein an [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] man 'wishes' to be happy: but they certainly do not will even the first preliminary stages of that self-abandonment through which alone the soul can reach any good.

->'''Azrael:''' Human, have you ever ''been'' to Hell? I think not. Did you know that Hell was once nothing more than the absence of God? And if you'd ever been in his presence, you'd realise that's punishment enough. But then your kind came along, and made it so. Much. Worse.
->'''Bethany:''' Humans aren't capable of one-hundredth the evil a shitbag demon like you is. ''(spits in his face)''
->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an ABSTRACT! It's a ''HUMAN'' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But his selfishness is limitless, and it's not enough to shadow his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! Fire, wailing, darkness- the kind of place anyone would do ''anything'' to get out of. And why? Because he lacks the ability to forgive himself. It is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!]]'''....[[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery I'd rather not exist than go back to that.]]

->"I am Breschau of Livonia. I ripped out the tongues of those who spoke against me, and cut the unborn babes from the wombs of my enemies women, that they would not become warriors to rise against me. I took my mother by force, and I strangled my sister when she would not consent to my advances. Soon my name was whispered in the night by mothers to terrify their babes into obedience, I am Breschau, who bathed in the blood of children. I am Breschau, who forced the true prophets of the lord to dance upon plates of hot iron, under which fires were burning, and I laughed as they danced. I am Breschau, and when my mistress was unfaithful to me, I cut the nose from her face and wore it about my neck. As for the woman, I had her sewn to her lover, and, skin to skin, I left them in the desert to be eaten by ravens, and I laughed as I heard them scream. I am Breschau, '''''and this is my punishment.'''''"

-> '''Faust''' Where are you damn’d?

-> Think’st thou that I who saw the face of God,

->"That which I was in life, I am in death."
-->--'''Capaneus''', ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''

"That which I was in life, I am in death."

->'''Eugene:''' [[MoralEventHorizon I murdered him]]... I murdered my son. [[RealityWarper I-I created this world]], a perfect place to live, everything ordered, everything ritualized, and for a while I can forget what I did, I can live in peace without [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the guilt]] - and then [[OffTheRails the history stops making sense]] and [[RegularlyScheduledEvil the face comes back!]] The same face comes back to remind me! [...] But don't worry, I-I have a knife. I'll kill it again; I'll save you both!
->'''The Doctor:''' No, Eugene!
->'''Eugene:''' I'm the only one who can stop it!
->'''The Doctor:''' But that's what you always do, Eugene, isn't it? The Child ''wants'' you to kill it! It's trying to make you act out your crime again!

->'''The Doctor:''' Kill him, and you'll be killing him again and again, ''[[EternalRecurrence forever!]]''

->'''The Doctor:''' What did you do to this child?
->'''Eugene:''' [[MoralEventHorizon I murdered him]]... I murdered my son. [[RealityWarper I-I created this world]], a perfect place to live, everything ordered, everything ritualized, and for a while I can forget what I did, I can live in peace without [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the guilt]] - and then [[OffTheRails the history stops making sense]] and [[RegularlyScheduledEvil the face comes back!]] The same face comes back to remind me!
->'''[[HumanoidAbomination The Child]]:''' [[AC: Father? Tell me, are you my father?]]
->'''Eugene:''' But don't worry, I-I have a knife. I'll kill it again; I'll save you both!

->'''The Child:''' [[AC: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you my father? Are you my murderer?]] ]]

->"The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight."\\
-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''.

->The doors of Hell are locked on the inside. I do not mean that the ghosts may not wish to come out of Hell, in the vague fashion wherein an [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] man 'wishes' to be happy: but they certainly do not will even the first preliminary stages of that self-abandonment through which alone the soul can reach any good.\\
-- '''Creator/CSLewis''', ''The Problem of Pain''

-->-- ''{{Dogma}}'', (deleted scene)

Think’st thou that I who saw the face of God,
And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells,
In being depriv’d of everlasting bliss?

->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an ABSTRACT! It's a ''HUMAN'' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!]]'''....[[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery I'd rather not exist than go back to that.]]

-->-- '''Breschau''', to [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] and [[TheSandman Dream]], as to why Breschau refuses to leave Hell despite being freed by Lucifer, in ''TheSandman'' #23: "Seasons of Mist: Episode 2"


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-- '''CSLewis''', ''The Problem of Pain''

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"I am Breschau of Livonia. I ripped out the tongues of those who spoke against me, and cut the unborn babes from the wombs of my enemies women, that they would not become warriors to rise against me. I took my mother by force, and I strangled my sister when she would not consent to my advances. Soon my name was whispered in the night by mothers to terrify their babes into obedience, I am Breschau, who bathed in the blood of children. I am Breschau, who forced the true prophets of the lord to dance upon plates of hot iron, under which fires were burning, and I laughed as they danced. I am Breschau, and when my mistress was unfaithful to me, I cut the nose from her face and wore it about my neck. As for the woman, I had her sewn to her lover, and, skin to skin, I left them in the desert to be eaten by ravens, and I laughed as I heard them scream. I am Breschau, '''''and this is my punishment.'''''"

-->'''Azrael:''' Human, have you ever ''been'' to Hell? I think not. Did you know that Hell was once nothing more than the absence of God? And if you'd ever been in his presence, you'd realise that's punishment enough. But then your kind came along, and made it so. Much. Worse.
-->'''Bethany:''' Humans aren't capable of one-hundredth the evil a shitbag demon like you is. ''(spits in his face)''
-->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an ABSTRACT! It's a ''HUMAN'' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!]]'''....[[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery I'd rather not exist than go back to that.]]

-->'''Azrael:''' Human, have you ever ''been'' to Hell? I think not. Did you know that Hell was once nothing more than the absence of God, and if you'd ever been in his presence, you'd realise that's punishment enough? But then your kind came along, and made it so much worse.

-->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an '''ABSTRACT'''! It's a '''HUMAN''' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!'''....[[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery I'd rather not exist than go back to that.]]

-->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an '''ABSTRACT'''! It's a '''HUMAN''' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!'''....I'd rather not exist than go back to that.

-->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an '''ABSTRACT'''! It's a '''HUMAN''' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that ''(mockingly)'' "God could never forgive your grievous offences." So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!'''

-->'''Azrael:''' ''(quietly)'' Evil...is an '''ABSTRACT'''! It's a '''HUMAN''' construct! But, true to his irresponsible nature, man won't own up to being its engineer, so he blames his dark deeds on my ilk. But it's not enough to shatter his own existence, no, he turned Hell into a suffering pit! And why? Because it is beyond your abilities to simply make personal recompense for the sins you commit! No, you choose rather to create a psychodrama and dwell in a foundless belief that God could never forgive your grievous offences. So you bring your guilt and your inner decay with you to Hell, where the horrid imaginations of so many gluttons for punishment gave birth to the sickness that has infected the Abyss since the first one of your kind arrived there, begging to be punished. And in doing so, they've transformed the cold and solitude to pain and misery! I've spent EONS privy to the flame, inhaling the decay, hearing the wail of the damned! ''I KNOW! WHAT EFFECT! SUCH HORRORS HAVE!'' '''ON THE DELICATE PSYCHE OF AN ANGELIC BEING!'''

-->-- ''{{Dogma}}''