Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), French Catholic novelist
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\u201cHell, madame, is to love no longer.\u201d \u00a0(Georges Bernanos)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Contrast that definition with the famous remark in No Exit<\/em> (Huis clos<\/em>), by the French atheist existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)), which, I realize can be (and has been) interpreted in various ways:<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cL\u2019enfer, c\u2019est les autres\u201d (\u201cHell is other people\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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