Light Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

23 Light quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

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L'Engle’s verses illuminate the intersection of wonder and responsibility, using light as a metaphor for growth. Twenty‑three pieces invite readers to see the world with both curiosity and conscience.

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I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.

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The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in…

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Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

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There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.

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We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how…

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“Light and darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding, neither following, both fully being in joyful rhythm.”

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I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush…

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I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright, And…

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Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding,…

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“The answer has something to do with love. Love that has to go through darkness and pain and endurance and a stark…

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It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory…

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Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a…

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Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit,…

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We don't want to feel less when we have finished a book; we want to feel that new possibilities of being have…

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I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. .…

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life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring,…

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The uncommon man has done the impossible and there has been that much more light in the world because of it. Children…

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The world of science lives fairly comfortably with paradox. We know that light is a wave, and also that light is a…

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what I must learn is to love with all of me, giving all of me, and yet remain whole in myself. Any…

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Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the…

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“A great ring of pure & endless light Dazzles the darkness in my heart And breaks apart the dusky clouds of night.…

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“And we're not alone, you know, children," came Mrs. Whatsit, the comforter. "All through the universe, it's being fought, all through the…

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For that moment, at least, all our doors and windows were wide open; we were not carefully shutting out God's purifying light,…

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“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”

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“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her…

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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,…

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