“We imagine that all angels are automatically musicians at heart.”

“It was but that, seeing him and so imagining that something about him was otherwise, automatically they feared him.”

Avram Davidson (1923–1993) novelist

“An imaginary perfection is automatically at the same level as I who imagine it — neither higher nor lower.”

Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist

“We will all wake up semi-angels,
If we wake at all.”

Rod McKuen (1933–2015) American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer

“In my dream, the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination

and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

“Courage is like an angel at my heart!”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“Angels listen when she speaks:
She ’s my delight, all mankind’s wonder;
But my jealous heart would break
Should we live one day asunder.”

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) English poet, and peer of the realm

“A military hierarchy automatically places a premium on conservative behavior and dull conformance with precedent; it tends to penalize original and imaginative thinking.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Space Cadet

“For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans.”

Brian L. Weiss

“All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”

Thelonious Monk (1917–1982) American jazz pianist and composer