"A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it"
About this Quote
The line "they can come around" smuggles in agency on both sides. The dead aren’t gone; they’re mobile. The living aren’t helpless; they’re still in relationship. Then Browne seals the deal with a theological shortcut: "they’ve already made it to God". The afterlife is framed as a destination with a pass/fail gate, but she immediately dissolves the anxiety with "Most people make it". That’s not doctrine so much as reassurance-as-branding, a spirituality calibrated for daytime TV: high comfort, low cost, minimal moral bookkeeping.
The subtext is risk management. Browne’s audience, often grieving or seeking certainty, doesn’t want cosmic ambiguity; they want permission to stop fearing where their loved ones went, and whether they themselves are doomed. Her optimism also inoculates her against scrutiny. If spirits show up "in a loving way" and salvation is the default, failed predictions and unverifiable claims can be waved off as misunderstandings, not contradictions.
Context matters: Browne rose with talk-show culture that rewarded affect over evidence. This quote performs that era’s bargain - emotional closure now, epistemology later.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Browne, Sylvia. (n.d.). A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-spirit-is-like-your-mother-my-dad-whove-made-it-136589/
Chicago Style
Browne, Sylvia. "A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-spirit-is-like-your-mother-my-dad-whove-made-it-136589/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-spirit-is-like-your-mother-my-dad-whove-made-it-136589/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.







