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...
life how-you-feel feels
Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.
song stars distance
A burst of harmony so brilliant that it almost overwhelmed them surrounded Meg, the cherubim, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins. But after a moment of breathlessness, Meg was able to open herself to the song of the farae, these strange creatures who were Deepened, rooted, yet never seperated from each other, no matter how great the distance. We are the song of the universe. We sing with the angelic host. We are musicians. The farae and the stars are the singers. Our song orders the rhythm of creation.
children aunt simple
Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast
compassion intellect feels
Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.
children book not-good-enough
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 the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.
dream father eye
Calvin said, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses?" "I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father." "Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes," Calvin said. "Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have.
jobs worry able
I knew that the moment I started worrying about whether or not I was good enough for the job, I wouldn't be able to do it.
able wrinkle-in-time ifs
I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.
joy promise
And joy is always a promise.
craftsman dens prove
Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)
wall walls-have-ears ears
As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)
holy-ground light doors
For that moment, at least, all our doors and windows were wide open; we were not carefully shutting out God's purifying light, in order to feel safe and secure; we were bathed in the same light that burned and yet did not consume the bush. We walked barefoot on holy ground.
prayer self way
The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.
waiting holiness holy
Holiness ... is nothing we can *do* ... It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received. We do not have to be qualified to be holy. We do not have to be qualified to be whole, or healed.Made