Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.
Stephen KingI don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.
Stephen KingThe essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.
Stephen King