“ Oh, Meg, you are a moron, Calvin said. Don't you know you're the nicest thing that's happened to me in a long time? Madeleine L'Engle
“ If God’s peace is in our hearts, we carry it with us, and it can be given to those around us, not by our own will or virtue, but by the Holy Spirit working through us. We cannot give what we do not ha… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Idiot, Proginoskes said, anxiously rather than crossly. Love isn’t how you feel. It’s what you do. Madeleine L'Engle
“ I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their different drum: Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented wryly on his inadequacy in human relations. Winston Churchill w… Madeleine L'Engle
“ From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry. Calvin fell to his knees. No, Mrs. Whatsit said, though her voice was not Mrs. Whatsit's vo… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys. Madeleine L'Engle
“ But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.—Ditta Madeleine L'Engle
“ But a planet can also become dark because of too strong a desire for security … the greatest evil there is. Meg resists her father’s analysis. What’s wrong with wanting to be safe? Mr. Murry insists t… Madeleine L'Engle
“ All will be redeemed in God's fullness of time, all, not just the small portion of the population who have been given the grace to know and accept Christ. All the strayed and stolen sheep. All the lit… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Today we live in a society that seems to be less and less concerned with reality. We drink instant coffee and reconstituted orange juice. We buy our vegetables on cardboard trays covered with plastic.… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Matter and energy are the same thing, that size is an illusion, and that time is a material substance. Madeleine L'Engle
“ You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future. Madeleine L'Engle
“ When I get this feeling, this compulsion, I always do what it tells me. I can't explain where it comes from or how I get it, and it doesn't happen very often. But I obey it. And this afternoon I had a… Madeleine L'Engle