It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have. — Madeleine L'Engle Doe Copy Share Image
“Someone said, 'It's all been done before.' Yes, I agreed, but we all have to say it in our own voice.” — Madeleine L'Engle Author Copy Share Image
“It was a star," Mrs. Whatsit said sadly. "A star giving up its life in battle with the Thing. It won, oh,… — Madeleine L'Engle Astronomy Copy Share Image
She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it… — Madeleine L'Engle Believe Copy Share Image
You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given… — Madeleine L'Engle Compare Copy Share Image
“the joy and love were so tangible that Meg felt that if she only knew where to reach she could touch it… — Madeleine L'Engle Love Copy Share Image
We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues. — Madeleine L'Engle Character Copy Share Image
“If I do wrong, I may do it unwittingly, thinking I am doing something for the best; but if it turns out… — Madeleine L'Engle Freedom Copy Share Image
When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author. — Madeleine L'Engle Books Copy Share Image
“If I never had another book published, and it was very clear to me that this was a real possibility, I still… — Madeleine L'Engle Book Copy Share Image
Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised. — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
“We want nothing from you that you do without grace or [...] understanding.” — Madeleine L'Engle 215 Copy Share Image
“And we're not alone, you know, children," came Mrs. Whatsit, the comforter. "All through the universe, it's being fought, all through the… — Madeleine L'Engle Astronomy Copy Share Image
If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just… — Madeleine L'Engle Fairs Copy Share Image
If we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend… — Madeleine L'Engle Awareness Copy Share Image
“I'm different,and I like being different."Calvin's voice was unnaturally loud. "Maybe I don't like being different,"Meg said."but I don't want to be… — Madeleine L'Engle Wrinkle in time Copy Share Image
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had… — Madeleine L'Engle Adjectives Copy Share Image
Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief. There are… — Madeleine L'Engle Emotion Copy Share Image
the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it. — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love. — Madeleine L'Engle Christ Copy Share Image
No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought… — Madeleine L'Engle Angry Copy Share Image
