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...
love jesus school
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented wryly on his inadequacy in human relations. Winston Churchill was an abysmal failure in his early school years. Byron, that revolutionary student, had to compensate for a club foot; Demosthenes for a stutter; and Homer was blind. Socrates couldn't manage his wife, and infuriated his countrymen. And what about Jesus, if we need an ultimate example of failure with one's peers? Or an ultimate example of love?
mind naked instruments
The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.
thinking discovery
We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.
growing-up maturity alive
To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.
parent typical parenthood
Are anybody's parents typical?
art religion matter
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.
believe optimism tragedy
I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.
truth believe writing
No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.
mind use way
We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all the way.
children flower jumping
As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers
distance science two
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.
inspiring art thoughtful
Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might.
book writing convinced
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
creativity self firsts
When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity.