Heaven
- "The Reformers" (1952) Weird Science #20 -- Three space men dressed in scifi versions of bishop garb land on planet to reform it of evil. There are greeted by a man named Peter and told they are not needed for there is no crime, no immorality, or any of the evils seen in other societies. They decide to create these evils themselves so that they can blame these evils on literature, clothing, and alcohol as they have done on previous worlds (including Earth). They contact their home base and we learn that their leader is the Devil and the planet they are on is Heaven.
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Famous quotes containing the word heaven:
“His firm stanzas hang like hives in hell
Or what hell was, since now both heaven and hell
Are one, and here, O terra infidel.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“The vast net of Heaven may seem loose, but nothing can escape its meshes.”
—Chinese proverb.