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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: "Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain..."
Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee! Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that..."
Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication.-Aunt Beast Madeleine L'Engle
All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything."
Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "In reading we must become creators."
In reading we must become creators. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues."
We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues. Madeleine L'Engle
I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive ... and open to growth Madeleine L'Engle
If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may be quite aware of that, but if we repress our needs, then those unsaid prayers will fester. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are..."
We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "(Y)ou've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty."
(Y)ou've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty. Madeleine L'Engle
You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you. Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the..."
Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.) Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try..."
The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly. Madeleine L'Engle
I would venture a guess that an artist concentrating wholly unself-consciously, wholly thrown into his work, is incapable of producing pornography. Madeleine L'Engle
When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens. Madeleine L'Engle

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