Itt iss Eevillโฆ" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"โฆ "And weโre not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "โฆsome of the best fighters have come from your own planetโฆ" "Who have our fighters been?" Calvin asked. "Oh, you must know them, dear," Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Whoโs spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Madeleine L'EngleInspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.
Madeleine L'EngleI used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers of being totally frazzled by September to make me realize that this was a false guilt. I'm much more use to family and friends when I'm not physically and spiritually depleted than when I spend my energies as though they were unlimited. They are not. The time at the typewriter and the time at the brook refresh me and put me into a more workable perspective.
Madeleine L'Engle