Perhaps to bring good into the world, she needed to mix a little evil in it first.

Gabriel: What’s the point of having power, if one cannot use it? What’s the point of immortality, if one cannot truly live?

Gabriel drew the strength up his calves and thighs to spin himself in a dizzying turn. Most angels didn’t take the time to train their legs, but Gabriel wasn’t like most angels.

Gabriel smiled and his thumb grazed her cheek. She thought for a terrifying moment that he was going to kiss her

A flock of angels are coming to see me...or a gaggle? A herd? No, they aren’t animals. A legion... That’s the word.

Pursue what catches your heart rather than what catches your eye.

Our values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet.

Donald Trump thinks belittling women makes him bigger. We need to stand up and be clear that we don't want this, we need to celebrate diversity. America is great because America is good.

Once more a red fire blows steeply upwards...the factory will do no more work for Herr Churchill...tomorrow morning Coventry will lie in smoke and ruins.

So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us.

Whenever anything changes and quits its proper limits, this change is at once the death of that which was before.

A winkle is just a bogey with a crash helmet on.

The Gods are unkind and deny us knowledge of what the future holds

If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too.

I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.