I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.

Mark Haddon
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When you think of heaven, you think of the people who are there. But, if you think about heaven in that way, that it’s not just the people who are there but that it’s all their stuff that is there, then it becomes real to you. There's nothing like seeing your own things in the place where you're going to be. What will it be like when you go up there? Is it going to be like now? Is it going to be like now? Is it going to be kind of cold because this is what we do now? Is it going to be very warm because this is what we do now? That's what I find so frightening. What is heaven?

Source: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

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