[psychomugs]

> "hell is other people"

Also, from the same author, "heaven is each other."

[hackeraccount]

I read somewhere - I can't remember where - that the expression "other people" was at the time (written during the German occupation) a euphemism for German soldiers. I don't know if this is true and I've never actually read No Exit so maybe there's no softening the phrase but it could be that there's some nuance there.