850 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

But, oh, my dears, I did so love being a star!” -Mrs. Whatsit, A Wrinkle in Time

Mother,” Meg pursued. “Charles says I’m not one thing or the other, not flesh nor fowl nor good red herring.”“Oh for crying out loud,” Calvin said, “you’re Meg, aren’t you? Come on and let’s go for a walk.

I think your mythology would call them fallen angels. War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming - making people not know who they are. If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate.

They are very young. And on their earth, as they call it, they never communicate with other planets. They revolve about all alone in space." "Oh," the thin beast said. "Aren't they lonely?

When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.

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.

I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.