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They are in a hell of their own making, and how the heck do they get out? It reminds me of the play “No Exit” written by Jean-Paul Sartre in 1944. It all takes place in a drawing room in hell with three despicable people who deserve each other - and they can never leave.

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Excellent comparison. i have heard the idea that hell is other people. And I like the idea that they can't leave although some of them are finally making feeble too late attempts to do so.

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1944, wonder who those 3 people were???

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Hey, Google knows. Reminds me of George Sanders acceptance speech quote. “What seems other is actually not other at all, just us on a different day.” The scariest thought ever, but one that requires some introspection…

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"Three damned souls, Garcin, Inez, and Estelle are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious Valet" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Exit#Characters We, of course, could substitute our own choices, from the past or from today.

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