“My greatest pleasure was the enjoyment of a serene sky amidst these verdant woods: yet I loved all the changes of Nature; and rain, and storm, and the beautiful clouds of heaven brought their delights with them.”— Mary Shelley, amazon.com
“Island where all becomes clear. If any doubts arise, the wind dispels them instantly.”— Wisława Szymborska, nobelprize.org
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“I am not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”— Louisa May Alcott, amazon.com
“I’ve come to think that’s what heaven is - a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.”— Christina Baker Kline, amazon.com
“I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“Sexual union is a holy moment in which a part of Heaven flows into the Earth.”— James Redfield, amazon.com
“Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, 'Oh well, a hundred years from now it won’t make any diffe…”— Billy Graham, amazon.com
“People don’t really go to heaven when they die. They’re taken to a special room and burned.”— Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock, amazon.com
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”— William W. Purkey, amazon.com
“Mo pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”— Helen Keller, amazon.com
“I'm afraid I won't go to hell... that there isn't a hell to go to. No heaven either. Just nothing. Mostly I think there emus be nothing after we die. Sometimes that seems like it would be a relief. Other times it's the most awful thing I can imagine.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“I hope if there is another world, we will not be judged too harshly for the things we did wrong here—that we will at least be forgiven for the mistakes we made out of love.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com