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...
may sin natural
Anything that's natural can't be sinful-it may be inconvenient, but it's not sinful.
thinking sometimes speak
Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think.
integrity humility quality
Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.
god believe names
It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.
mind affirmation glory
I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as good as a burnt out candle."
beautiful laughter reality
It is an extraordinary and beautiful thing that God, in creation. . . works with the beauty of matter; the reality of things; the discoveries of the senses, all five of them; so that we, in turn, may hear the grass growing; see a face springing to life in love and laughter. . . The offerings of creation. . . our glimpses of truth.
writing creativity color
When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize.
art may language
Because I am a storyteller I live by words. Perhaps music is a purer art form. It may be that when we communicate with life on another planet, it will be through music, not through language or words.
letting-go dark artist
Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised.
character artist symphony
The degree of talent, the size of the gift, is immaterial. All artists must listen, but not all hear great symphonies, see wide canvasses, conceive complex, character-filled novels. No matter, the creative act is the same, and it is an act of faith.
long healthy way
Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it.
writing thinking want
If you want to write . . . keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair.
our-love humans exclusive
If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.
wanted knows
I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.