“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire to lighten the… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
We don't want to feel less when we have finished a book; we want to feel that new possibilities of being have… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“We are going to your father," Mrs. Which said. "But where is he?" Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“I hate it!" Charles Wallace cried passionately. "I hate the Dark Thing!” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“A great ring of pure & endless light Dazzles the darkness in my heart And breaks apart the dusky clouds of night.… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Light and darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding, neither following, both fully being in joyful rhythm.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“But a planet can also become dark because of “too strong a desire for security … the greatest evil there is.” Meg… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“The answer has something to do with love. Love that has to go through darkness and pain and endurance and a stark… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
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… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Instead of rejoicing in this glorious “impossible” which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his mighty… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
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,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
