The Spider's Thread Quotes

“As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that they no longer had the strength to cry out.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread

“Directly beneath the Lotus Pond of Paradise lay the lower depths of Hell, and as He peered through the crystalline waters, He could see the River of Three Crossings and the Mountain of Needles as clearly as if He were viewing pictures in a peep-box.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread

“Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the pond.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Spider's Thread