#angels

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#despot #hater #human #human nature #into

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#fear #fools #rush #tread #where

Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fragility #jocelyn-fray #beauty

It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #jace-lightwood #sarcasm #humor

Aren’t they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?” “Yes,” he said, getting up and pulling her to her feet along with him,“ and I’m worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you’ll wind up making out with him, too.” “ Don’t be sexist. They could find me a female instructor.” “In that case you have my permission to make out with her, as long as I can watch. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #humor #jace-lightwood #humor

But I watch my brothers give their hearts away and I think, Don’t you know better? Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #city

What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #city

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart. ↗

— Karl Barth

#am #angels #bach #famille #go

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise. ↗

— Martha Beck

#around #bedroom #believe #caring #choosing

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. ↗

— Buddha

#battles #better #cannot #conquer #demons