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Me Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
- I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded…
- Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief. There are no shortcuts; it…
- Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"
- There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but Easter is always the answer…
- As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of the Universe are inseparable. To…
- A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of…
- I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a…
- I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they…
- I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says,…
- It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in…
- With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
- A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good…
- A book comes and says, 'Write me.
- George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God…
- Like all great fantasists, he has taught me about life, life in eternity rather than chronology, life in that time in which we are real.
- I've got a sweater." Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. "Here." "Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm." Then she said,…
- I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers…
- It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself.…
- The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something…
- 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 better…
- what I must learn is to love with all of me, giving all of me, and yet remain whole in myself. Any other kind of…
- But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there…
- If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does…
- Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale