#angels

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. ↗

— George MacDonald

#angels #cast #even #flower #friend

He has a beauty to him that is not quite angelic, a quality that's both ethereal and dark. (Jonathan) ↗

— Helen Boswell

#angels-and-demons #guardian #jonathan-draper #beauty

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust. ↗

— Kenneth Rexroth

#die #disgust #ecstasy #man #pigs

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#after #also #angels #because #best

In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#angels #becoming #beginning #believed #cast

We are never like angels till our passion dies. ↗

— John Denham

#dies #like #never #our #passion

I have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide the Divine into three, because they know and perceive that the Divine is One and this One is in the Lord. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#because #declared #divide #divine #heaven

If some people see angels where others only see empty space, let them paint the angels; only let not anybody else think they can paint an angel too, on any calculated principles of the angelic. ↗

— John Ruskin

#beauty

Ellie, you need to understand," he said softly. "I exist only to serve you and fight by your side. Whether that fighting is to preserve your life or to make sure you smile, that is what I am built to do. You're all I have, and I will watch over you forever. ↗

— Courtney Allison Moulton

#angels #will #ya #life

This is not some silly game...This is life and death Angels and demons. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#demons #games #death