I have a point of view. You have a point of view. God has view. — Madeleine L'Engle God Copy Share Image
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right? — Madeleine L'Engle Cry Copy Share Image
“My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business...” — Madeleine L'Engle Business Copy Share Image
“You are given the form, but you must write the sonnet for yourself.” — Madeleine L'Engle Sonnet Copy Share Image
Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it. — Madeleine L'Engle Doe Copy Share Image
I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush… — Madeleine L'Engle Animals Copy Share Image
And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand. — Madeleine L'Engle Adventure Copy Share Image
“There’s no such thing as an unbreakable scientific rule, because, sooner or later, they all seem to get broken. Or to change.” — Madeleine L'Engle Rules Copy Share Image
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony. — Madeleine L'Engle Angel Copy Share Image
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. — Madeleine L'Engle Each day Copy Share Image
There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation. — Madeleine L'Engle Incarnation Copy Share Image
“But I did feel, and passionately, that it wasn't fair of God to give us brains enough to ask the ultimate questions… — Madeleine L'Engle Did Feel Copy Share Image
“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.” — Madeleine L'Engle Read Copy Share Image
“mother carefully turned over four slices of French toast, then said in a steady voice, “No, Meg. Don’t hope it was a… — Madeleine L'Engle Dream Copy Share Image
It is all, as usual, paradox. I have to use what intellect I have in order to write books, but I write… — Madeleine L'Engle Book 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Comprehensible Copy Share Image
I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of… — Madeleine L'Engle Believe Copy Share Image
Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and… — Madeleine L'Engle Anguish Copy Share Image
“From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry. Calvin fell to… — Madeleine L'Engle Beautiful Copy Share Image
life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring,… — Madeleine L'Engle Daffodil Copy Share Image
But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of… — Madeleine L'Engle Childhood Copy Share Image
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school… — Madeleine L'Engle Age Copy Share Image
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. .… — Madeleine L'Engle Acquire Copy Share Image
It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of view. One boy… — Madeleine L'Engle Adults Copy Share Image
“We lived on 82nd Street and the Metropolitan Museum was my short cut to Central Park. I wrote: "I go into the… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up.… — Madeleine L'Engle Awful Copy Share Image
“I've always thought about the theatre like a Christmas tree, all shining and bright with beautiful ornaments. But now it seems like… — Madeleine L'Engle Christmas tree 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Children Copy Share Image
“But ultimately there comes a moment when a decision must be made. Ultimately two people who love each other must ask themselves… — Madeleine L'Engle Freedom Copy Share Image
