Ifs Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Only Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed.

— Madeleine L'Engle

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

— Madeleine L'Engle

To be a witness means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not…

— Madeleine L'Engle

No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.

— Madeleine L'Engle

If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow.…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.

— 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…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I know writers who write only when inspiration comes. How would Isaac Stern play if he played the violin only when he…

— Madeleine L'Engle

We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just…

— Madeleine L'Engle

We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We…

— Madeleine L'Engle

We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a…

— Madeleine L'Engle

When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Language changes. If it does not change, like Latin it dies. But we need to be aware that as our language changes,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I got so discouraged, I almost stopped writing. It was my 12-year-old son who changed my mind when he said to me,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you.

— Madeleine L'Engle

If I'm not free to fail, I'm not free to take risks and everything in life that's worth doing involves a willingness…

— Madeleine L'Engle

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in…

— Madeleine L'Engle

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

— Madeleine L'Engle