The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
The part of us that has to be burned away is something like the deadwood on the bush; it has to go,… — Madeleine L'Engle Burned Copy Share Image
The joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long. — Madeleine L'Engle Grief Copy Share Image
A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
“There’s something wrong about trying to heal with a surgeon’s knife.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows that during the act of creation there is collaboration. We do not… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to… — Madeleine L'Engle Accepting Copy Share Image
Thou cannot harm a butterfly, without troubling a star. — Madeleine L'Engle Butterfly Copy Share Image
“People like me spend years learning the techniques of meditation. But you're a poet, and poets are born knowing the language of… — Madeleine L'Engle Meditation Copy Share Image
I think your mythology would call them fallen angels. War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is… — Madeleine L'Engle Angel Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing the matter with his mind. He just does things in his own way and in his own time.” — Madeleine L'Engle Psychology Copy Share Image
This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this… — Madeleine L'Engle Close to death Copy Share Image
“We were sent here for something. And we know that all things work together for good them that love God, to them… — Madeleine L'Engle Biblical Copy Share Image
There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness. — Madeleine L'Engle Darkness Copy Share Image
We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how… — Madeleine L'Engle Believe Copy Share Image
Darkness was and darkness was good. As with light. Light and Darkness dancing together, born together, born of each other, neither preceding,… — Madeleine L'Engle Born Copy Share Image
“We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For… — Madeleine L'Engle Looks Copy Share Image
I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. — Madeleine L'Engle Able Copy Share Image
“The figure in the icon is not meant to represent literally what Peter or John or any of the apostles looked like,… — Madeleine L'Engle Apostles Copy Share Image
“Thee onnlly wway ttoo ccope withh ssometthingg ddeadly sseriouss iss ttoo ttry ttoo trreatt itt a llittlle lligghtly.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“I like to understand things,” Meg said. “We all do. But it isn’t always possible.” — Madeleine L'Engle Learning 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 Certain Copy Share Image
I can't think of one great human being in the arts, or in history generally, who conformed, who succeeded, as education experts… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
“We want nothing from you that you do without grace,” Mrs Whatsit said, “or that you do without understanding.” — Madeleine L'Engle Without u Copy Share Image
