“ A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a current book has to be deferred until it can be seen outside this present m… Madeleine L'Engle
“ A journal is not a diary, where you record the weather and the engagements of the day. A journal is a notebook in which one can, hopefully, be ontological. Madeleine L'Engle
“ — Я управляю гипнотической машиной номер один для второго класса общеобразовательного процесса. — Но тогда что вы делаете здесь сейчас? — спросил Чарльз. — Я здесь с докладом о том, что одна из букв н… Madeleine L'Engle
“ — У нас никому не позволено страдать. Добрее меры не придумаешь: просто исключить из общества всех больных! Никто не имеет никаких слабостей и таких отклонений, как сопливые носы. Вместо того, чтобы п… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Mother carefully turned over four slices of French toast, then said in a steady voice, No, Meg. Don’t hope it was a dream. I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is tha… Madeleine L'Engle
“ And it's a planet, dears, out on the edge of a little galaxy. You can be proud that it's done so well. Madeleine L'Engle
“ You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you. Madeleine L'Engle
“ You don't know how lucky you are to be loved.Meg said in a startled way, I guess I never thought of that. I guess I just took it for granted. Madeleine L'Engle
“ When we choose a generality, an idea, a cause, instead of a person, when this becomes the accepted, the required thing to do, then it doesn’t matter if villages are destroyed by bombs; traffic deaths… Madeleine L'Engle
“ What a child doesn’t realize until he is grown is that in responding to fantasy, fairy tale, and myth he is responding to what Erich Fromm calls the one universal language, the one and only language i… Madeleine L'Engle
“ We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are, and what our relationship is to life and death, what is essential, and what, despite the arbitrariness of fa… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Was she strong enough to allow both of them to be themselves? Bahama had instilled in her an honoring of promises, but she could not keep her promise unless she was willing to allow Nik to be Nik, not… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The stones do not tell us what is going to happen, or what we are to do, any more than the stars. They speak to us only of our present position in the great pattern. Where we are now; here. Sometimes… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Sure, go ahead. Calvin fished in his pocket and pulled out a wad of folded paper. As a matter of fact, I have some junk of mine to finish up. Math. That’s one thing I have a hard time keeping up in. I… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Somehow or other, the loving parents had swallowed one of the Tempter's hooks, and the child was given total self-indulgence, which is far from free will. He still tempts. The ancient, primordial batt… Madeleine L'Engle
“ One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how wrong somebody is—how shallow it is to look at the Resurrection as a mere, explai… Madeleine L'Engle
“ One of my young married students has suffered all her life because she was taught in her Church that she was born so sinful that the only way the wrath of God the Father could be appeased enough for h… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Once Christianity became acceptable, and even mandatory, it lost the early poverty of spirit which sustained it when any group gathered together for bread and wine in his Name had to have one ear open… Madeleine L'Engle
“ On its surface this is a book about three children who fight an evil force threatening their planet. But it is really about a more primal battle all human beings face, to respect, defend, and love the… Madeleine L'Engle
