“ Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.... Madeleine L'Engle
“ Love. That’s what makes persons know who they are. You’re full of love, Meg, but you don’t know how to stay within it when it’s not easy. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Just a moment, Mrs. Whatsit murmured, and appeared to calculate rapidly upon her fingers. She nodded triumphantly. Exactly 2,379,152,497 years, 8 months and 3 days. Madeleine L'Engle
“ If you’re going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can’t pick and choose who’s going to be the sparrow. It’s everybody, and you’re stuck with it. Madeleine L'Engle
“ If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn’t need to hate. That’s why we still need Madeleine L'Engle
“ I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. Madeleine L'Engle
“ I do not think that it is naïve to think that it is the tiny, particular acts of love and joy which are going to swing the balance, rather than general, impersonal charities. Madeleine L'Engle
“ I believe that every one of us here tonight has as clear and vital a vocation as anyone in a religiousorder. We have the vocation of keeping alive Mr. Melcher's excitement in leading young peopleinto… 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… Madeleine L'Engle
“ I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg.I Name you Calvin.I Name you Mr. Jenkins.I Name you Proginoskes.I fill you with Naming.Be!Be, butterfly and behemoth,be galaxy and grasshopper,star and sparrow,you… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist. Madeleine L'Engle
“ — По-твоему, объяснить можно все и всегда? — Да. Я верю в это. Но я также думаю, что мы, люди, слишком ограниченны, а потому иногда просто не в состоянии постичь эти объяснения. Но ты ведь понимаешь,… Madeleine L'Engle
“ — Ну зачем вы обязательно хотите, чтобы я смотрела на неприятные вещи, когда в мире есть столько чудесного?— В мире скоро не останется чудесных вещей, на которые ты смогла бы смотреть, если ответствен… Madeleine L'Engle
“ — А у вас самого разве не было папы? — удивилась Мэг. — Папа не нужен зачем-то. Он нужен вам просто потому, что он ваш папа! Madeleine L'Engle
“ 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 the artist listens. Madeleine L'Engle
“ There're a lot of things you don't understand. Zachary smoldered his gaze at me. I came looking for you, and then when I found out where you were, suddenly it didn't seem worth it. It wasn't you. It w… Madeleine L'Engle
