We actually say in 'Nightbreed,' 'God is an astronaut, Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters go.' There's a lovely sense in which there's a simple thesis being played out here. These are things you understand as a child out on the play yard.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
The first requisite for immortality is death.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
