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title: "33 Way Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle"
description: "33 Way quotes by Madeleine L'Engle. Plus more from Madeleine L'Engle and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [People are more than just the way they look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/people-are-more-than-just-the-way-they-look/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/speaking-of-ways-pet-by-the-way-there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-tesseract/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/stories-are-like-children-they-grow-in-their-own-way/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-best-way-to-guide-children-without-coercion-is-to-be-ourselves/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [there are dozens and dozens of ways to be a family ... Family tends to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-are-dozens-and-dozens-of-ways-to-be-a-family-family-tends-to/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-only-way-to-cope-with-something-deadly-serious-is-to-try-to-treat/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-have-to-use-our-minds-as-far-as-they-will-take-us-yet/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [When a promise is broken, the promise still remains. In one way or another, we are all unfaithful to each other, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-a-promise-is-broken-the-promise-still-remains-in-one-way-or/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-was-the-same-way-with-silence-this-was-more-than-silence-a-deaf/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/accepting-that-we-are-angry-is-a-healthy-and-appropriate-response-as/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-do-learn-and-develop-when-we-are-exposed-to-those-who-are-greater/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-shadows-are-deepening-all-around-us-now-is-the-time-when-we-must/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [To be a witness means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/to-be-a-witness-means-to-live-in-such-a-way-that-one-s-life-would-not/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/but-unless-we-are-creators-we-are-not-fully-alive-what-do-i-mean-by/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-prayer-of-words-cannot-be-eliminated-and-i-must-pray-them-daily/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [Stories have a richness that goes way beyond fact. My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/stories-have-a-richness-that-goes-way-beyond-fact-my-writing-knows/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/there-is-no-way-that-you-can-read-the-entire-bible-seriously-and-take/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-like-to-take-the-time-out-to-listen-to-the-trees-much-in-the-same/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/if-we-accept-that-we-have-at-least-an-iota-of-free-will-we-cannot/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [As Emmanuel, Cardinal Suhard says, "To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/as-emmanuel-cardinal-suhard-says-to-be-a-witness-does-not-consist-in/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [“When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-i-start-a-new-seminar-i-tell-my-students-that-i-will-undoubtedly-2/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-your-language-you-have-a-form-of-poetry-called-the-sonnet-there/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course-we-were-asked-why-he-used/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-the-artist-is-truly-the-servant-of-the-work-the-work-is-better/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all…](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/)

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> [When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-we-look-at-a-painting-or-hear-a-symphony-or-read-a-book-and-feel/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [It's a strange thing, how you can love somebody, how you can be all eaten up inside with needing them--and they simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/it-s-a-strange-thing-how-you-can-love-somebody-how-you-can-be-all/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/when-the-work-takes-over-then-the-artist-is-enabled-to-get-out-of-the/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-think-because-we-have-words-not-the-other-way-around-the-more/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/that-s-a-sure-way-to-tell-about-somebody-the-way-they-play-or-don-t/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/that-s-the-way-things-come-clear-all-of-a-sudden-and-then-you-realize/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [The rational intellect doesn't have a great deal to do with love, and it doesn't have a great deal to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-rational-intellect-doesn-t-have-a-great-deal-to-do-with-love-and/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-long-term-marriage-has-to-move-beyond-chemistry-to-compatibility-to/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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