“ The temptation for farandola or for man or for star is to stay an immature pleasure-seeker. When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe. A fara… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Probably the worst thing that has happened to our understanding of reality has been the acceptance of ourselves as consumers. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Pain is a partner I did not request;This is a dance I did not ask to join;whirled in a waltz when I would stop and rest,Jolted and jerked, I ache in bone and loin.Pain strives to hold me close in his… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Okay, Polly, her grandfather said. Let’s have some normal, ordinary lesson time. What is Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle? Madeleine L'Engle
“ My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen, just that it matters. It matters not just to us but to th… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Mother says she can never stay mad at Daddy no matter how hard she tries. And Daddy says, ' mad! You won't even let me mad at you,' and then they laugh. Aren't you sorry for people who don't laugh, V… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Meg cut up some celery and mixed it in with the tuna. After a moment's hesitation she opened the refrigerator door and brought out a jar of little sweet pickles.-Though why I'm doing it for her I don'… Madeleine L'Engle
“ It's a strange thing, how you can love somebody, how you can be all eaten up inside with needing them--and they simply don't need you. That's all there is to it, and neither of you can do anything abo… Madeleine L'Engle
“ It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It… Madeleine L'Engle
“ It seemed strange that with so much softness in her actual construction Mamma gave such a feeling of hardness. When Madeleine L'Engle
“ In my tadpole stage I was delivered to Metron Ariston and transmogrified, and here am I. My name is Sporos, by the way, and I do not like your thinking names like mouse-creature and shrimp-thing at me… Madeleine L'Engle
“ In a moment of crisis we don't act out of reasoned judgment but on our conditioned reflexes. We may be able to send men to the moon, but we'd better remember we're still closely related to Pavlov's do… Madeleine L'Engle
“ If we knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we'd tend not to notice the sunrise,or hear the birds, or the waves rolling into shore. We'd tend not to treas… Madeleine L'Engle
“ If we knew ahead of time what was going to happen we'd be -- we'd be like the people on Camazotz, with no lives of our own, with everything all planned and done for us. Madeleine L'Engle
“ If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure. Madeleine L'Engle
“ If my religion is true, it will stand up to all my questioning; there is no need to fear. But if it is not true, if it is man imposing strictures on God (as did the men of the Christian establishment… Madeleine L'Engle
“ I've always thought about the theatre like a Christmas tree, all shining and bright with beautiful ornaments. But now it seems like a Christmas tree with the tinsel all tarnished and the colored balls… Madeleine L'Engle
“ I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers of being totally frazzled by September to make me realize tha… Madeleine L'Engle
