“You go to Heaven once you've been to Hell”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
Source: Song Paper Thin Hotel
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“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
John Milton book Paradise Lost
Variant: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Source: Paradise Lost
“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Duchess of Padua
“Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.”
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)
“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't.”
Katherine Paterson book Bridge to Terabithia
Source: Bridge to Terabithia
“When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
“Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”
Susanna Kaysen book Girl, Interrupted
Source: Girl, Interrupted
Fats Domino (1928–2017) American R&B musician
Ain't That a Shame (1955) co-written with Dave Bartholomew
Chris Abani (1966) Nigerian author
Quoting a former child soldier who held his hand over a goat's eyes while Abani, aged 13, killed it
"Chris Abani muses on humanity," dotSUB (2008-11-13)
TED Africa Conference (2008)
“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
“we laughed until we had to cry, we loved until we said goodbye.”
Melissa de la Cruz (1971) American writer
