“But when the world is, indeed, in chaos, then an affirmation of cosmos becomes essential.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“As long as we know what it's about, then we can have the courage to go wherever we are asked to go,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate.… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“If God’s peace is in our hearts, we carry it with us, and it can be given to those around us, not… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A burst of harmony so brilliant that it almost overwhelmed them surrounded Meg, the cherubim, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins. But after a… — 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
