She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.
Madeleine L'EngleI looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded out of me.
Madeleine L'EngleAccepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it.
Madeleine L'EngleIf we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend not to notice the sunrise, or hear the birds, or the waves rolling into the shore. We'd tend not to treasure our time with the people we love. Simply the awareness that our mortal lives had a beginning and will have an end enhances the quality of our living. Perhaps it's even more intense when we know that the termination of the body is near, but it shouldn't be.
Madeleine L'Engle