heaven is near hell is here

The hell of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what it's already here, the hell where we live every day, that we form by living together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the hell and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of the hell, are not hell, then make them endure, give them space. Italo Calvino, The Invisible Cities