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Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Madeleine L'Engle quotes

American Novelist November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

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Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Art is communication."
Art is communication. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of..."
It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine. Madeleine L'Engle
That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better. Madeleine L'Engle
Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that does not affect other people, no matter how loudly we say, "It's my own business. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know..."
I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive. Madeleine L'Engle
In the day school she went to in New York she had long intimate conversations with them all in her imagination, but never in reality. Madeleine L'Engle
Progo,' Meg asked. 'You memorized the names of all the stars - how many are there?' How many? Great heavens, earthling. I haven't the faintest idea.' But you said your last assignment was to memorize the names of all of them.' I did. All the stars in all the galaxies. And that's a great many.' But how many?' What difference does it make? I know their names. I don't know how many there are. It's their names that matter. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "A book comes and says, 'Write me."
A book comes and says, 'Write me. Madeleine L'Engle
when we were children we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable, but to grow up is to except vulnerability. to be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "It was a dark and stormy night."
It was a dark and stormy night. Madeleine L'Engle
Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically. Madeleine L'Engle
An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib..."
I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug..."
Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them? Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish..."
If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure. Madeleine L'Engle

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