Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate

For those unfamiliar with Dante's Inferno - and I am going to assume that is pretty much anyone who is not a literary geek like me - "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate" translates to "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". According to Dante, these are the words that are engraved on the entrance to Hell. Those familiar with writing - for publication, or at least the hope of publication - will get the joke, and probably understand that it is not a joke at all.