--- title: "20 Darkness Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle" description: "20 Darkness quotes by Madeleine L'Engle. Plus more from Madeleine L'Engle and more Darkness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/madeleine-l-engle-345_appreciate_maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-befo_2533800.png" --- > [Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-before-you-can-appreciate-the/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/madeleine-l-engle-345_appreciate_maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-befo_2533800.png) > [There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazzling-darkness/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazz_2309507.png) > [There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-was-no-light-the-darkness-was-deep-and-there-was-no-dazzle/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_there-was-no-light-the-darkness-was-deep_568107.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) > [“I hate it!" Charles Wallace cried passionately. "I hate the Dark Thing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-hate-it-charles-wallace-cried-passionately-i-hate-the-dark-thing/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/madeleine-l-engle-345_dark_i-hate-it-charles-wallace-cried-passiona_1915750.png) > [Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/like-it-or-not-we-either-add-to-the-darkness-of-indifference-and-out/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/madeleine-l-engle-345_add_like-it-or-not-we-either-add-to-the-dark_411324.png) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_to-love-is-to-be-vulnerable-and-it-is-on_45009.png) > [“The answer has something to do with love. Love that has to go through darkness and pain and endurance and a stark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-answer-has-something-to-do-with-love-love-that-has-to-go-through/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/madeleine-l-engle-345_answer_the-answer-has-something-to-do-with-love_2900189.png) > [Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/darkness-was-and-darkness-was-good-as-with-light-light-and-darkness/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/madeleine-l-engle-345_born_darkness-was-and-darkness-was-good-as-wi_2314551.png) > [“Light and darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding, neither following, both fully being in joyful rhythm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/light-and-darkness-dancing-together-born-together-born-of-each-other/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_light-and-darkness-dancing-together-born_2748190.png) > [“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) > [I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-will-have-nothing-to-do-with-a-god-who-cares-only-occasionally-i/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/madeleine-l-engle-345_care_i-will-have-nothing-to-do-with-a-god-who_138737.png) > [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) > [It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-seemed-to-travel-with-her-to-sweep-her-aloft-in-the-power-of-song/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_it-seemed-to-travel-with-her-to-sweep-he_904184.png) > [“We are going to your father," Mrs. Which said. "But where is he?" Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-are-going-to-your-father-mrs-which-said-but-where-is-he-meg-went/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/madeleine-l-engle-345_courage_we-are-going-to-your-father-mrs-which-sa_1716506.png) > [We don't want to feel less when we have finished a book; we want to feel that new possibilities of being have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-don-t-want-to-feel-less-when-we-have-finished-a-book-we-want-to/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/madeleine-l-engle-345_book_we-don-t-want-to-feel-less-when-we-have_1178135.jpg) > [Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/itt-iss-eevill-what-is-going-to-happen-wee-wwill-cconnttinnue-tto/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/madeleine-l-engle-345_children_itt-iss-eevill-what-is-going-to-happen-w_504006.png) > [“But a planet can also become dark because of “too strong a desire for security … the greatest evil there is.” Meg…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-a-planet-can-also-become-dark-because-of-too-strong-a-desire-for/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/madeleine-l-engle-345_cybersecurity_but-a-planet-can-also-become-dark-becaus_2880533.png) > [At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/at-tara-in-this-fateful-hour-i-place-all-heaven-with-its-power-and/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/madeleine-l-engle-345_almighty_at-tara-in-this-fateful-hour-i-place-all_857714.jpg) > [“A great ring of pure & endless light Dazzles the darkness in my heart And breaks apart the dusky clouds of night.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-great-ring-of-pure-endless-light-dazzles-the-darkness-in-my-heart/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_a-great-ring-of-pure-endless-light-dazzl_2195775.jpg) ## Other authors on Darkness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 310 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/sunday-adelaja/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 78 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 56 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 47 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/haruki-murakami/) - [Matshona Dhliwayo 37 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 34 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-j-maas-83224.jpg) Sarah J. Maas 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/sarah-j-maas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/william-shakespeare/) ## 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/darkness/madeleine-l-engle/#itemlist", "name": "20 Darkness Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine L'Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-before-you-can-appreciate-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/madeleine-l-engle-345_appreciate_maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-befo_2533800.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/madeleine-l-engle-345_appreciate_maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-befo_2533800.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/madeleine-l-engle-345_appreciate_maybe-you-have-to-know-the-darkness-befo_2533800.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” — Madeleine L'Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine L'Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazzling-darkness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazz_2309507.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazz_2309507.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/madeleine-l-engle-345_darkness_there-is-in-god-some-say-a-deep-but-dazz_2309507.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.” — Madeleine L'Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was no light. 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