“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I… — Madeleine L'Engle Children 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Art 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Book 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Broken Copy Share Image
“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.” — Madeleine L'Engle Faith 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… — Madeleine L'Engle God Copy Share Image
I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive. — Madeleine L'Engle Alive 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 Darkness 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Psychology 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… — Madeleine L'Engle Air Copy Share Image
Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel… — Madeleine L'Engle Feeling lost Copy Share Image
My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all… — Madeleine L'Engle Creation Copy Share Image
If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy. — Madeleine L'Engle Being hurt Copy Share Image
God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent. — Madeleine L'Engle Freedom Copy Share Image
Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write. — Madeleine L'Engle Bits Copy Share Image
It is ... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the… — Madeleine L'Engle Facts Copy Share Image
“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that… — Madeleine L'Engle Books Copy Share Image
“A book, too, can be a star, “explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,” a living fire to lighten the… — Madeleine L'Engle Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
It is all, as usual, paradox. I have to use what intellect I have in order to write books, but I write… — Madeleine L'Engle Book Copy Share Image
