Possible Clues:

• Culs de sac
• They're going nowhere in heaven and hell
• Cul-de-sacs
• Lost driver's disappointments
• Maze features
• Saddened in no-progress situations
• Maze annoyances
• Dreadfully saddened in positions in which goals are blocked
• Terribly saddened by situations offering no progress
• Dull leading characters in Dombey and Son — they go nowhere