Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Englewas an American writer best known for young-adult fiction, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, National Book Award-winning A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science...
Madeleine L'Engle quotes about
new-year years old-year
A new year can begin only because the old year ends.
god-is-love concerned absolutes
As far as I'm concerned, there is only one absolute: God is love.
language mankind humans
If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free...
stories truth-is humans
As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.
spring past order
We need the rock of the past under our feet in order to spring forward into the future.
love-is golden accepting
Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.
answers infinite finite
An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers.
facts mystic persons
A mystic is a person who sees the facts as inadequate.
failure exhausting
There's nothing more physically exhausting than a sense of failure.
oxygen breathing air
I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner
fate giving sock
If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.
love-is surprise
Love is the one surprise.
stories turns shows
We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.
father want want-him
You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.