“Janet: What do you think happens when people walk through the door? It's the only thing in the universe I don't know. Eleanor: I don't know either. The wave returns to the ocean. What the ocean does with the water after that is anyone's guess. But as a very wise not-robot once told me, the true joy's in the mystery.” DeathJoyMysteryAcceptanceAfterlife Author:The Good Place
“Michael: You won't really know what's going to happen to you. That's what makes it special. I won't exactly know what's going to happen after I die. Nothing more human than that.” LifeDeathMysteryHumanHumanismHuman ConditionHuman ExperienceZestThe Good Place Author:The Good Place
“Why choose to be good every day if there is no guaranteed reward we can count on, now or in the afterlife? I argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, we are not in this alone.” LifeHumanitySocietyMorality Author:The Good Place
“I was never good at being sad. Partly because my mom straight up told me not to be. But this is sad, man. Elenor The Good Place” Sad Author:The Good Place
“The whole book is about how we should try to find rules other people can't reasonably reject, and then he ends it by saying, "The search for how to find these rules will go on forever." I proposed a rule that Chidis shouldn't be allowed to leave because it would make Eleanors sad. And I could do this forever, zip you around the universe showing you cool stuff... and I'd still never find the justification for getting you to stay. Because it's a selfish rule. I owe it to you to let you go.” PhilosophyLawDeathMoralJudgementRuleGraciousnessEthic Author:The Good Place