Facilis descensus Averni: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras. hoc opus, hic labor est.*
Translation: It is easy to go down into Hell; Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - There's the rub, the task.
- Virgil, The Aeneid
Love me some Virgil. This was in a book series I was reading and it struck my fancy.
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