Hell, he now understood, went beyond simple torture. Hell inflicted agony with intermittent reprieves to maintain the hope of peace. Hell was not endless dark, but rare rays of sunlight to keep one’s eyes longing for their bright beauty. Hell forced hours of suffocation beneath the freezing water with times of release to keep one accustomed to the joy of breath, to let needful expectation be repeatedly stabbed by deprivation. .Daniel Ionson
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George Orwell says in his famous book 1984 that "Hell is not endless dark but rare rays of sunlight to keep one's eyes longing for their bright beauty." And this is what is meant by hell. The feeling of being deprived of the same thing all the time, even when you are in a state of pleasure. When your eyes want to see how beautiful the day is, then you are in hell. This is the only way that it can be described; it does not mean that you are all alone in hell.
Source: After Life
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