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The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. For Langdon, the meaning of these words had never felt so clear: In dangerous times, there is no sin greayer than inaction.
Langdon knew that he himself, like millions, was guilty of this. When it came to yhe circumstances of the world, denial had becime a global pandemic.

"...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood. It can make people lose their grasp on reality."

Every epic collapse, the provost believed, could be yraced back to a single moment---a chance meeting, a bad decision, an indiscreet glance.

Langdon found himself studying the faces around him, trying to imagine the intricacies of each person's life.
The masses are made up of individuals.

On this path, you can see the repentant souls ascending..each paying an appropriate price for a given sin. The envious must climb with their eyes sewn shut so they cannot covet; the prideful must carry huge stones on their backs to bend them low in a humble manner; the gluttonous must climb without food or water, thereby suffering excruciating hunger; and the lustful must ascend through hot flames to purge themselves

"Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle---like getting to work on time or paying our taxes. If we have wider, existential fears, we jettison them very quickly, refocusing on simple tasks and daily trivialities."

It was but a dream

"I will extinguish your final hope of finding what you seek."