--- title: "14 Astronomy Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle" description: "14 Astronomy quotes by Madeleine L'Engle. Plus more from Madeleine L'Engle and more Astronomy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_108387.jpg" --- > [“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire to lighten the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-material-capable-of-stirring-up/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_108387.jpg) > [“It was a star," Mrs. Whatsit said sadly. "A star giving up its life in battle with the Thing. It won, oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-was-a-star-mrs-whatsit-said-sadly-a-star-giving-up-its-life-in/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_it-was-a-star-mrs-whatsit-said-sadly-a-s_1576781.png) > [“But when the world is, indeed, in chaos, then an affirmation of cosmos becomes essential.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-when-the-world-is-indeed-in-chaos-then-an-affirmation-of-cosmos/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/madeleine-l-engle-345_affirmation_but-when-the-world-is-indeed-in-chaos-th_700988.png) > [“A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-material-capable-of-stirring-up-2/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_1339396.png) > [Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/part-of-doing-something-is-listening-we-are-listening-to-the-sun-to/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_part-of-doing-something-is-listening-we_1868669.png) > [A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-too-can-be-a-star-a-living-fire-to-lighten-the-darkness/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-a-living-fire-t_3095622.png) > [Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/behind-the-violence-of-the-birthing-of-galaxies-and-stars-and-planets/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_behind-the-violence-of-the-birthing-of-g_689791.jpg) > [Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/suddenly-there-was-a-great-burst-of-light-through-the-darkness-the/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_suddenly-there-was-a-great-burst-of-ligh_843684.jpg) > [But there is something about Time. The sun rises and sets. The stars swing slowly across the sky and fade. Clouds fill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-there-is-something-about-time-the-sun-rises-and-sets-the-stars/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_but-there-is-something-about-time-the-su_2600540.jpg) > [Progo,' Meg asked. 'You memorized the names of all the stars - how many are there?' How many? Great heavens, earthling. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/progo-meg-asked-you-memorized-the-names-of-all-the-stars-how-many-are/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/madeleine-l-engle-345_assignments_progo-meg-asked-you-memorized-the-names_2622006.png) > [“There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-are-still-stars-which-move-in-ordered-and-beautiful-rhythm/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_there-are-still-stars-which-move-in-orde_3013563.jpg) > [A burst of harmony so brilliant that it almost overwhelmed them surrounded Meg, the cherubim, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins. But after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-burst-of-harmony-so-brilliant-that-it-almost-overwhelmed-them/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/madeleine-l-engle-345_able_a-burst-of-harmony-so-brilliant-that-it_2418357.png) > [The earth will never be the same again Rock, water, tree, iron, share this greif As distant stars participate in the pain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-earth-will-never-be-the-same-again-rock-water-tree-iron-share/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/madeleine-l-engle-345_angel_the-earth-will-never-be-the-same-again-r_1526900.jpg) > [“And we're not alone, you know, children," came Mrs. Whatsit, the comforter. "All through the universe, it's being fought, all through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/and-we-re-not-alone-you-know-children-came-mrs-whatsit-the-comforter/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_and-we-re-not-alone-you-know-children-ca_1622954.jpg) ## Other authors on Astronomy - [Steven Magee 117 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/steven-magee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 115 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 88 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [Matshona Dhliwayo 67 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 49 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-shostak-84148.jpg) Seth Shostak 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/seth-shostak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174.jpg) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-hawking-87021.jpg) Stephen Hawking 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/stephen-hawking/) ## More by Madeleine L'Engle > [“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/one-of-the-hardest-lessons-i-have-to-learn-is-how-not-to-be/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/inspiration-more-often-comes-during-the-work-than-before-it-because/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to-be-written-and-if-the-book/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/severe-illness-isolates-those-in-close-contact-with-it-because-it/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/goodness-has-never-been-a-guarantee-of-safety/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/faith-is-what-makes-life-bearable-with-all-its-tragedies-and/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [“Instead of rejoicing in this glorious “impossible” which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/instead-of-rejoicing-in-this-glorious-impossible-which-gives-meaning/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-have-never-lived-before-until-this-summer-i-did-not-know-what-it/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [On the other side of pain, there is still love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/on-the-other-side-of-pain-there-is-still-love/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/to-love-is-to-be-vulnerable-and-it-is-only-in-vulnerability-and-risk/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-was-the-most-horrible-the-most-repellent-thing-she-had-ever-seen/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-feel-as-though-i-m-not-breathing-when-i-m-out-of-his-presence-he-s/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/rather-than-feeling-lost-and-unimportant-and-meaningless-set-against/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all been said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/my-husband-is-my-most-ruthless-critic-sometimes-he-will-say-it-s-been/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) > [If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/if-we-aren-t-capable-of-being-hurt-we-aren-t-capable-of-feeling-joy/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/madeleine-l-engle/#itemlist", "name": "14 Astronomy Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine L'Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-material-capable-of-stirring-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_108387.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_108387.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/madeleine-l-engle-345_astronomy_a-book-too-can-be-a-star-explosive-mater_108387.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire…” — Madeleine L'Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was a star,\" Mrs. Whatsit said sadly. \"A star giving up its life in battle with the Thing. 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