" Before burning one native at the stake, a Spanish friar told him “that if he would embrace their religion he would go to heaven, but if not he would burn in hell forever.” The Cuban asked if there were any Spaniards in heaven. The friar responded that there were. The Cuban replied, “If it be so, I would rather be with the devils in hell.”5 "

― Jennifer Wright , Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them