“ It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Hate is like cancer, separate from the normal cells, devouring and not being nourished, annihilating itself along with everything it attacks. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Reading about the response of people in stories, plays, poems, helps us to respond more courageously and openly at our own moments of turning. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to the work, whether it be a symphony, a painting, or a story for a small child. I believe that each work of art, whether it is… Madeleine L'Engle
“ In so-called primitive societies there are two words for power, mana and taboo: the power which creates and the power which destroys; the power which is benign and the power which is malign. Odd that… Madeleine L'Engle
“ If we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend not to notice the sunrise, or hear the birds, or the waves rolling into the shore. We'd tend not… Madeleine L'Engle
“ But I am a storyteller, and that involves language, for me the English language, that wonderfully rich, complex, and ofttimes confusing tongue. When language is limited, I am thereby diminished, too. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Some of these questions don't have finite answers, but the questions themselves are important. Don't stop asking, and don't let anybody tell you the questions aren't worth it. They are. Madeleine L'Engle
“ We hear a lot about evangelism today and how the church must pay more attention to evangelism. But mostly evangelism is not what we tell people, unless what we tell is totally consistent with who we a… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The writer does want to be published; the painter urgently hopes that someone will see the finished canvas (van Gogh was denied the satisfaction of having his work bought and appreciated during his li… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The name of God is so awe-full, so unpronounceable, that it has never been used by any of his creatures. Indeed, it is said that if, inadvertently, the great and terrible name of God should be spoken,… Madeleine L'Engle
“ Silence fell between them, as tangible as the dark tree shadows that fell across their laps and that now seemed to rest upon them as heavily as though they possessed a measurable weight of their own. Madeleine L'Engle
“ Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people. Madeleine L'Engle
“ It was a star, Mrs. Whatsit said sadly. A star giving up its life in battle with the Thing. It won, oh, yes, my children, it won. But it lost its life in the winning. Madeleine L'Engle
“ If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go wrong. Like a human parent, God will help us when we ask for help, but in a way that will make us… Madeleine L'Engle
“ If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom… Madeleine L'Engle
