"To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens,
"first you have to die. Hoji! Hoji! To land upon the bosomy earth, first
one needs to fly. Tat-taa! Taka-thun! How to ever smile again, if first
you won't cry? How to win the darling's love, mister, without a sigh?"
- Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses