"For the tear is an intellectual thing,
And a sigh is the sword of an Angel King;
And the bitter groan of a martyr's woe
As an arrow from the Almighty's bow."
-William Blake

"As the flames from the altar shot up toward the
sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire.
When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell
with their faces to the ground. The angel did not
appear again to Manoah and his wife. Manoah
finally realized it was the angel of the Lord."
-Judges 13:20-21
(New Living Translation)

"All arrangements that are carried out
between heaven and earth
are carried out through angels."
-Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

"The Angels were all singing out of tune,
And hoarse with having little else to do,
Excepting to wind up the sun and moon
Or curb a runaway star or two."
-Lord Byron

"The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said, "Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go love without the help of any thing on earth."
-William Blake

"An angel is an intelligent essence,
always in motion. It has free will,
is incorporeal, serves God, and
has been bestowed with immortality.
Only the Creator understands its true nature."
-John of Damascus

"The golden moments in the stream of life
rush past us and we see nothing but sand;
the angels come to visit us,
and we only know them when they are gone."
-George Eliot

"We shall find peace.
We shall hear the angels,
we shall see the sky
sparkling with diamonds."
-Anton Chekhov

"Confront the dark parts of yourself,
and work to banish them with
illumination and forgiveness.
Your willingness to wrestle
with your demons will cause
your angels to sing.
Use the pain as fuel,
as a reminder of your strength."
-August Wilson

"We are, each of us angels with only one wing;
and we can only fly by embracing one another."
-Luciano de Crescenzo

"And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams
Call to the soul when man doth sleep,
So some strange thoughts transcend
our wonted themes, And into glory peep."
-Henry Vaughan

"But men must know,
that in this theatre of man's life
it is reserved only for God
and angels to be lookers-on."
-Francis Bacon

"Now cracks a noble heart.
Good-night sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
-William Shakespeare

"Silently one by one,
in the infinite meadows of heaven
Blossomed the lovely stars,
the forget-me-nots of the angels.
-Henry W. Longfellow