"You have to write the book that wants…" — Madeleine L'Engle

"You have to write the book that wants to be written,"

— Madeleine L'Engle

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324 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

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I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A…
To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be…
A new year can begin only because the old year ends.
Now I am setting out into the unknown. It will take me a long while to work through the grief.…
To be born is to start the journey towards death.
Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow.
Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted…
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There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but…
As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of…
When I look at the galaxies on a clear night - when I look at the incredible brilliance of creation,…
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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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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