850 Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

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.

And joy is always a promise.

A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry of affirmation to the power of Creation behind the Universe ..

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.

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all the way.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

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