“ You must understand with your hearts. With the whole of yourselves, not just a fragment. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Who makes you least confused?Calvin There was no hesitation here. When I'm with Calvin, I don't mind being meYou mean he makes you more you, don't you?I guess you could put it that way. Madeleine L'Engle
“ To grow upis to findthe small part you are playingin the extraordinary drama written bysomebody else. Madeleine L'Engle
“ There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Thee onnlly wway ttoo ccope withh ssometthingg ddeadly sseriouss iss ttoo ttry ttoo trreatt itt a llittlle lligghtly. Madeleine L'Engle
“ The most memorable books from our childhoods are those that make us feel less alone, convince us that our own foibles and quirks are both as individual as a finger-print and as universal as an open ha… Madeleine L'Engle
“ That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Questions are disturbing, especially those which may threaten our traditions, our institutions, our security. But questions never threaten the living God, who is constantly calling us, and who affirms… Madeleine L'Engle
“ One of the most pusillanimous things we of the female sex have done throughout the centuries is to have allowed the male sex to assume that mankind is masculine. It is not. It takes both male and fema… Madeleine L'Engle
“ One night after dinner a group of us were talking about the supernatural, and one of our dinner guests said that when the electric light was invented, people began to lose the dimension of the superna… Madeleine L'Engle
“ On Camazotz we are all happy because we are all alike. Differences create problems. You know that, don’t you, dear sister? Madeleine L'Engle
“ Meg, don't you think you'd make a better adjustment to life if you faced facts? I do face facts, Meg said.They're lots easier to face than people, I can tell you. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Meg looked. The dark shadow was still there. It had not lessened or dispersed with the coming of night. And where the shadow was, the stars were not visible.What could there be about a shadow that was… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Maybe the job of the artist is to see through all of this strangeness to what really is, and that takes a lot of courage and a strong faith in the validity of the artistic vision even if there is not… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Like all great fantasists, he has taught me about life, life in eternity rather than chronology, life in that time in which we are real. Madeleine L'Engle
