"When we are writing, or painting, or composing,……" — Madeleine L'Engle
"When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize."
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324 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle has 324 quotes on this site.
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I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A…
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To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be…
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A new year can begin only because the old year ends.
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Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief.…
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To be born is to start the journey towards death.
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Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow.
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Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted…
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Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"
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There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but…
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As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of…
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When I look at the galaxies on a clear night - when I look at the incredible brilliance of creation,…
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I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the…
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.
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Spring drew on... and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that hope traversed…
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How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the…
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When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember…
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What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in…
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I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men.…
— Anita Loos
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We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a…
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Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
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Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.
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