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Out 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…
- When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work,…
- I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is…
- When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity.
- I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a sea shell, holding…
- Poetry, at least the kind I write, is written out of immediate need; it is written out of pain, joy, and experience too great to…
- When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
- A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
- It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under…
- Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "…some…
- Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see…
- When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then…
- 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 my universe, the…
- 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,…
- For that moment, at least, all our doors and windows were wide open; we were not carefully shutting out God's purifying light, in order to…
- 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…
- Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The…
- Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life…
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