Quote from Michael in Best Self
Eleanor: This was your life's work. Are you okay with leaving the fake Good Place behind? Michael: As long as I'm with you guys, I'm always in the fake Good Place. Eleanor: That doesn't sound as nice as you think it does. Michael: The real Bad Place was the friends we made along the way. Eleanor: Nope. Still nonsense. One more try. Michael: In a way, the Good Place was inside the Bad Place all along? Eleanor: You know what? That's technically true. I'm gonna give it to you. Michael: [laughs] I just made an aphorism. Hit it, Janet! Next stop, the actual Bad Place!