Angel Quote by William Shakespeare

“Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And melting heavens conspired his overthrow.”

— Christopher Marlowe

“Sapphique strapped the wings to his arms and flew, over oceans and plains, over glass cities and mountains of gold. Animals fled; people pointed…

— Catherine Fisher

Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.

— Anonymous

“He felt his faith deeply, and above all out of doors, where the vaulted sky was his cathedral nave and the oaks its transept…

— Sarah Perry

They swayed about upon a rocking horse, And thought it Pegasus.

— John Keats

“Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest Monarchies his look Drew audience and attention…

— John Milton

“A dirty, joyous, bare-limbed freedom, which rose in his imagination like a vast airy cathedral, ruined perhaps, roofless, fan-vaulted to the skies, where they…

— Ian McEwan

“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to the Earth. But man has only to sink beneath…

— Jaques Barzun Cousteau

...a chasm opened in the earth and out of it coal-black horses sprang, drawing a chariot and driven by one who had a look…

— Edith Hamilton

He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a strong wind.

— James I. Robertson, Jr

Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction-up, down, sideways-by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel.

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip of wood -…

— Anonymous