John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Source: Self-Consciousness : Memoirs (1989), Ch. 6
"Heart"
Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012)
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Source: Self-Consciousness : Memoirs (1989), Ch. 6
“In the afterlife, people never forget to feed the dog.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Friðrik the elf doctor
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book Two: The Palace of the Summerland
“I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“…to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.”
Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All
Variant: To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.
Source: Skinny Legs and All (1990)
Porochista Khakpour (1978) American writer
On the appearance of ghosts in Sick in “'THIS BOOK KEPT ME ALIVE': A CONVERSATION WITH POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR” https://psmag.com/social-justice/this-book-kept-me-alive-a-conversation-with-porochista-khakpour in Pacific Standard (2018 Jun 5)
“I don't believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.”
Woody Allen book Getting Even
"Conversations with Helmholtz"
Getting Even (1971)
“An attic’s the afterlife of a house,” said Otille, opening the door. “Or so my mother used to say.”
Lucius Shepard book Green Eyes
Source: Green Eyes (1984), Chapter 15, p. 201