Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.

the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it.

I'm apt to get drunk on words...Ontology: the word about the essence of things; the word about being.

Meg, I give you your faults." "My faults!" Meg cried. "Your faults." "But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!" "Yes," Mrs. Whatsit said. "However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz.

Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.

you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.