The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There is always something they insist on keeping, even at the price of misery.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had.

All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell.

We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.