Illness Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.” quote by Madeleine L'Engle — Download Open image

“We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.”

Madeleine L'Engle

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