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...
mind naked instruments
The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.
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.
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."
children book mind
One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
mind helping
anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.
mind naked good-enough
you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.
mother mind great-minds
We know you have a great mind and all, Mother, but you don’t have much sense.
block struggle mind
The virgin birth has never been a major stumbling block in my struggle with Christianity; it's far less mind boggling than the Power of all Creation stooping so low as to become one of us.
children husband writing
During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.
real artist maturity
Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.
anger
Don't keep putting your anger off. Until you go through it, you can't get out of it.
hurt joy feelings
If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.
character risk suffering
There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life
believe two trying
A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is . It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.