José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist
"The Lord Gazes at the Philippine Islands", an allegory. (date unknown)
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American writer, editor, and professor 1931–1989Related quotes
“Death isn't a tragedy to God, only to those left behind.”
Patricia Briggs book Night Broken
Source: Night Broken
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Henry Mills Alden (1836–1919) American magazine editor
A Study of Death (1895), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.”
William Makepeace Thackeray book The History of Henry Esmond
Bk. I, ch. 7.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
“For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
The Destruction of Sennacherib, st. 3.
Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Source: Selected Poems
“Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!”
Herman Melville book Billy Budd, Sailor
Source: Billy Budd, the Sailor (1891), Ch. 19
“This is not some silly game… This is life and death Angels and demons.”
Melissa de la Cruz (1971) American writer
Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) English theologian
Source: The Christian Agnostic (1965), p.269