“Above,the fair hall-ceiling stately set Many an arch high up did lift,And angels rising and descending met With interchange of gift.”

“The hall they entered had arched ceilings over twenty feet high that were painted in tromp l’oeil, basically a bunch of butt-naked baby angels pointing at each other.’ (Carlos)”

“Do not descend, but rise above so ill-mannered a person.”

“Empire State's orange shoulders lifted above the Hell”

“I watched her and I watched the birds' shadows flit across her face, and I...wanted. I wanted more happy memories to hang up on the ceiling, so many happy memories with this girl that they would crowd the ceiling and flap out into the hall and burst out of the house.”

“A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance, no longer believes in guardian angels or in original sin, and has also ceased to talk of the salvation of his soul.”