16 Quotes by Madeline L'engle

Peace is the center of the atom, the core of quiet within the storm. It is not a cessation . . .

Science, literature, art, theology: it is all the same ridiculous, glorious, mysterious language.

They've never known a time when people drank rain water because it was pure, or could eat snow, or swim in any river or brook. The last time I drove to Washington the traffic was so bad that I could have made better time with a horse.

Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.

We knew the promise had never been safety, or that bad things would not happen if we were good and virtuous. The promise is only that God is in it with us, no matter what it is.

Fiction, in a less direct way, will teach me, teach me things I would never learn had I not opened myself to them in story.

Hate hurts the hater more'n the hated.

It's all right," Meg assured the Medium earnestly. "Truly it is, Mrs. Medium, and we thank you very much.""Are you sure?" the Medium asked, brightening."Of course! It really helped me ever so much because it made me mad, and when I'm mad I don't have room to be scared.

Jesus was more forgiving to those who made mistakes in love than to those who judged each other harshly and were cold of heart.