“ I suppose that depends on how you look at it, Meg said. Usually no matter what happens people think it’s my fault, even if I have nothing to do with it at all. But I’m sorry I tried to fight him. It’s… Madeleine L'Engle
“ I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be. 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
“ Curled up on one of her pillows a gray fluff of kitten yawned, showing its pink tongue, tucked its head under again, and went back to sleep. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee! Madeleine L'Engle
“ But our fear and our rejection does not take away from truth, and truth is what the Bible instructs us to know in order that we may be free. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go. Not a bad ability.... I'm not sure. I think we have to remember it all before we can forgive it. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Of course. I am well aware that the streets of New York are not safe, but then there is no longer any place in the world which is safe. One cannot live in perpetual fear, one has to be as prudent as p… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Prayer was never meant to be magic,' Mother said.'Then why bother with it?' Suzy scowled.'Because it's an act of love,' Mother said. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Ἀέλπτον ούδέν, πἀντα δ’ ἐλπἱζειν χρεὠν. Euripides. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Your behaviour must be such that when you go to bed at night you will be happy with what you have done during the day Madeleine L'Engle
“ The discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be. Madeleine L'Engle
