850 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.

That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen, just that it matters. It matters not just to us but to the entire universe.

We do not know what things look like. We know what things are like. It must be a very limiting thing,this seeing. -Aunt Beast

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.

I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.