Chaim: I always imagined you guys sort of hovered. Like hummingbirds.
The Angel: We fly only by the Will of God. If Yahweh, praised be His name, withdrew that mighty Will from us, we would fall from the sky in an instant, every single one.
Chaim: Doesn't bear thinking about. Raining angels all over everywhere - falling on people's heads, tying up traffic...
The Angel: We fly only by the Will of God. If Yahweh, praised be His name, withdrew that mighty Will from us, we would fall from the sky in an instant, every single one.
Chaim: Doesn't bear thinking about. Raining angels all over everywhere - falling on people's heads, tying up traffic...
— Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel by Peter S. Beagle
"So if you care to find me, look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately, "everyone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free. To those who'd ground me, take a message back from me...
Tell them how I am defying gravity!
I'm flying high — defying gravity, and soon I'll match them in renown.
And nobody in all of Oz, no Wizard that there is or was is
ever going to bring me down!
BRING! ME! DOWN! DOWN!"
As someone told me lately, "everyone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free. To those who'd ground me, take a message back from me...
Tell them how I am defying gravity!
I'm flying high — defying gravity, and soon I'll match them in renown.
And nobody in all of Oz, no Wizard that there is or was is
ever going to bring me down!
BRING! ME! DOWN! DOWN!"
— Elphaba's Self-Empowerment Anthem, Wicked
"What the!? She's floating!? H- her power level is insane! Don't tell me you're going to fight her!?"
Child: I'm gonna be a Windrunner, then I'll float down steps.
Kaladin: That's what it means to be a Radiant, is it? Floating.
Kaladin: That's what it means to be a Radiant, is it? Floating.
