A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self… — Madeleine L'Engle Becoming Copy Share Image
Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that… — Madeleine L'Engle Doe Copy Share Image
“We do not know what things look like, as you say," the beast said. "We know what things are like. It must… — Madeleine L'Engle Blindness Copy Share Image
At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow… — Madeleine L'Engle Almighty Copy Share Image
I have a point of view. You have a point of view. God has view. — Madeleine L'Engle God 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
I am convinced that each work of art, be it a great work of genius or something very small, has its own… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
“It's a lot simpler to adapt to low gravity, or no atmosphere, or even sandstorms than it is to hustle inhabitants.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“... Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go." "Not a bad ability." "...… — Madeleine L'Engle Forgiveness Copy Share Image
life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring,… — Madeleine L'Engle Daffodil Copy Share Image
The degree of talent, the size of the gift, is immaterial. All artists must listen, but not all hear great symphonies, see… — Madeleine L'Engle Art Copy Share Image
God is over all things, under all things; outside all; within, but not enclosed; without, but not excluded; above, but not raised… — Madeleine L'Engle All things Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a… — Madeleine L'Engle Adults Copy Share Image
“It isn’t just in distant galaxies that strange, unreasonable things are happening. Unreason has crept up on us so insidiously that we’ve… — Madeleine L'Engle Years ago Copy Share Image
Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.) — Madeleine L'Engle Craftsman Copy Share Image
It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory… — Madeleine L'Engle Darkness Copy Share Image
“Jesus, who comes across in the Gospels as extraordinarily strong, begged in the garden, with drops of sweat like blood running down… — Madeleine L'Engle Faith Copy Share Image
Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it. — Madeleine L'Engle Doe Copy Share Image
They are very young. And on their earth, as they call it, they never communicate with other planets. They revolve about all… — Madeleine L'Engle All alone Copy Share Image
There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation. — Madeleine L'Engle Incarnation Copy Share Image
When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating that amazing time when the Word that shouted all the galaxies into being limited all… — Madeleine L'Engle Baby Copy Share Image
“The foolish of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of god is stronger than men. For ye see your calling,… — Madeleine L'Engle Inspirational Copy Share Image
