Halls of the Dark Muse

From The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson.

I understand that some people find God after misfortune, although this seems to me even more ridiculous than finding Him in good times. "God smotes me. He must love me." It is like not wanting a romantic relationship until a member of the opposite sex punches you in the face. My "miraculous survival" will not change my opinion that Heaven is an idea constructed by man to help him cope with the fact that life on earth is both brutally too short and paradoxically far too long.