“ I don’t underestimate knowledge. But we get into trouble when we confuse it with truth. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Hold me in peace while sleeping. Wake me with the sun’s smiling. With pure water slake my thirst. Let me be merry in your love. Madeleine L'Engle
“ But she was one of those people who change very little between twenty and sixty. Instead of growing and developing into whatever kind of creatures they are, slowly and consistently, they have three pe… Madeleine L'Engle
“ But I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children’s books ask questions, and make the reader ask questions. And every new question is going to disturb someone’s… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature. To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a p… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Life is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you have the right insurance everything is going to be fine. That's not what… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it… Madeleine L'Engle
“ — Было бы также неплохо, если бы у Мэг исправился почерк, — добавила миссис Мурри. — Я его кое-как разбираю и то с большим трудом, но вряд ли это удается ее учителям — они просто не хотят тратить на э… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Resulting in the appearance in the offspring of a character which is not present in the parents but which is potentially transmissible to its offspring. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Why, my Lord, did you have to bringMe down from the safety of my hillInto the danger of your will? (David p. 34) Madeleine L'Engle
“ We do not know what things look like. We know what things are like. It must be a very limiting thing,this seeing. -Aunt Beast Madeleine L'Engle
“ This seemed an obvious sign from heaven. I should stop trying to write...So the rejection on the fortieth birthday seemed an unmistakable command: Stop this foolishness and learn to make cherry pie. I… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many pe… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The very young woman can be charming and delightful and pretty but only a mature woman can be beautiful; and only a mature man can be strong enough to be tender. Madeleine L'Engle
