“Life is exactly what you make it; it can be a heaven or hell; it's all up to you.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”

“But you make of it [life] what you can, and you do your best to enjoy the hell out of it, because it's the only life you get.”

“Life is whatever you make it, a heaven or hell on earth.”

“Liz: What's it like in hell?Ketut: Same like heaven. Universe is a circle, Liss. To up, to down -- all same, at end.Liz: Then how can you tell the difference between heaven and hell?Ketut: Because of how you go. Heaven, you go up, through seven happy places. Hell you go down, through seven sad places. This is why it better for you to go up, Liss.Liz: You mean, you might as well spend your life going upward, through the happy places, since heaven and hell -- same destinations -- are the same thing anyway?Ketut: Same-same. Same in end, so better be happy on journey.”

“I'll tell you what I think of Alaska. It's neither heaven nor hell, but it'll make a man of you. It will test you and try you and tell you what you're made of," he shrugged. "And then when you think it has taken all you have, it will give something back that more than makes up for it.”