If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven't closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth
Madeleine L'EngleIt's hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.
Madeleine L'EngleBecause it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature.
Madeleine L'EngleGod is over all things, under all things; outside all; within, but not enclosed; without, but not excluded; above, but not raised up; below; but not depressed; wholly above, presiding; wholly without, embracing; wholly within, filling.
Madeleine L'EngleIf you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you.
Madeleine L'Engle