Ballerinas who never come back

After a performance of one of his ballets -- let's say it was the Petrushka -- someone said to Igor Stravinsky:

"Maestro, that was so beautiful!"

To which the great composer responded, with fatigue in his voice:

"Yes, yes, all of those ballerinas going up and down, up and down ... but it would only be beautiful if one of them would go up ...

... and never comes back down..."

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Genesis 5.24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

2 Kings 2.11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

1 Thessalonians 4.17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Revelation 11.12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.