I recently read an article on Mitch Albom that focused on his career as a writer and his views on craft and storytelling. It mentioned the books he has written and among them was The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
Five people?
FIVE BLOODY PEOPLE!!!
I know the Bible says the gate is narrow that leads to salvation (or something like that), but five freakin' people?!? That's not even all the disciples!
"Welcome to Heaven. I'm Peter. This is Jack, Sarah, Diane and Bill. We're kind of a tight-knit bunch, but uh...don't let that intimidate ya. I suppose it's good to have a sixth around here."
Thanks Mitch Albom. Think I'll start panicking now.
People are willing to take these extraordinary chances to become writers, musicians or painters, and because of them, we have a culture. If this ever stops, our culture will die, because most of our culture, in fact, has been created by people that got paid nothing for it - people like Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent van Gogh or Mozart. -Kurt Vonnegut
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