A folded, slightly torn pink paper heart rests on a windowsill against a dusky sky.

Original artwork, not a still

Georges Bernanos

Hell is not to love anymore.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Hell is defined as the loss of an ability, rather than a place of punishment. The crucial word is anymore: it suggests something once possible that has ceased. A life without love becomes terrible because connection itself has fallen out of reach.

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