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title: "15 Write Quotes By Madeleine L'Engle"
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> [A book comes and says, 'Write me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-comes-and-says-write-me/)

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

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> [You learn to write by doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-learn-to-write-by-doing-it/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/madeleine-l-engle-345_doing_you-learn-to-write-by-doing-it-1605323_1605323.png)

> [To write for children at all is an act of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/to-write-for-children-at-all-is-an-act-of-faith/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/madeleine-l-engle-345_children_to-write-for-children-at-all-is-an-act-o_200694.png)

> [You have to write the book that wants to be written,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to-be-written/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/madeleine-l-engle-345_book_you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to_2545095.png)

> [“You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-re-given-the-form-but-you-have-to-write-the-sonnet-yourself-what/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/madeleine-l-engle-345_sonnet_you-re-given-the-form-but-you-have-to-wr_2987723.png)

> [“You are given the form, but you must write the sonnet for yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/you-are-given-the-form-but-you-must-write-the-sonnet-for-yourself/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/madeleine-l-engle-345_sonnet_you-are-given-the-form-but-you-must-writ_406125.png)

> [“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/story-always-tells-us-more-than-the-mere-words-and-that-is-why-we/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/madeleine-l-engle-345_read_story-always-tells-us-more-than-the-mere_1385009.png)

> [Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/just-write-a-little-bit-every-day-even-if-it-s-for-only-half-an-hour/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/madeleine-l-engle-345_bits_just-write-a-little-bit-every-day-even-i_89795.png)

> [If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/if-you-want-to-write-you-need-to-keep-an-honest-unpublishable-journal/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/madeleine-l-engle-345_honest_if-you-want-to-write-you-need-to-keep-an_848188.png)

> [A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-book-comes-and-says-write-me-my-job-is-to-try-to-serve-it-to-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/madeleine-l-engle-345_ability_a-book-comes-and-says-write-me-my-job-is_2555747.jpg)

> [If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/if-you-want-to-write-you-need-to-keep-an-honest-unpublishable-journal-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/madeleine-l-engle-345_fairs_if-you-want-to-write-you-need-to-keep-an_1626894.png)

> [You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/madeleine-l-engle-345_book_you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to_19959.png)

> [“We, and I think I'm speaking for many writers, don't know what it is that sometimes comes to make our books alive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/we-and-i-think-i-m-speaking-for-many-writers-don-t-know-what-it-is/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/madeleine-l-engle-345_book_we-and-i-think-i-m-speaking-for-many-wri_2090736.jpg)

> [During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/during-the-long-drag-of-years-before-our-youngest-child-went-to/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/madeleine-l-engle-345_bumps_during-the-long-drag-of-years-before-our_266383.png)

> [“I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/i-have-advice-for-people-who-want-to-write-i-don-t-care-whether-they/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/madeleine-l-engle-345_books_i-have-advice-for-people-who-want-to-wri_2915248.png)

## Other authors on Write

## 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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