Divine Genius

Okay, so perhaps divine is pushing it, but it's sorta a play on words...yeah.

Dante Alighieri blows me away. That's really all there is to be said. It is impossible to read too much into him: he meant everything! And just when you think he slipped up, just when you think he made a mistake--haha, joke's on you, simpleton. Nope, instead he was poking fun at someone, or paying homage in some sly, obscure way. And now, some quotes from my class on Inferno. Probably not as funny out of context, but whatever.

Dr. Sowell: "Always use a Latin phrase when an English one would suffice."

Kyle (he's so funny): "Couldn't it just be coincidence?"
Dr. Sowell: "Ah, dear, innocent Kyle. OF COURSE NOT!"

Dr. Sowell: "WOULD YOU EVER MAKE YOURSELF A FIGURA CHRISTI?"
Josh: "No."
Dr. Sowell: "Are you sure?"
Josh: "Yes."
Dr. Sowell: "Never?"
Josh: "No."
Dr. Sowell: "Never ever?"
Josh: "Never ever."
Dr. Sowell: "Never, never, ever?"
Josh: "N--"
Me: "Shut up already! He's going to prove you wrong!"

Dr. Sowell: "For years people thought that Dante had simply made a mistake, and forgotten that Virgil said Beatrice would tell him what the future held. Bah! Those were the same people who said he couldn't find a better rhyme than ome and ume. Idiots."