"And I can't say it now. I can't……" — Madeleine L'Engle
"And I can't say it now. I can't say what I want to say. I hold you-- I-- I clutch you, because I love you so desperately, and time is so short, we have such a little time in which to live and be young, even at best, and I put my arms around you and hold you because I want to love you while I can and I want to know I'm loving you, only it doesn't mean anything because you aren't afraid. You aren't frightened so that you want to clutch it all while you can."
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Madeleine L'Engle
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324 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
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