She began to feel the sense of wonderful elation that always came to her when beauty took hold of her and made her forget her fears.
Madeleine L'EngleIf 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'EngleI don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.
Madeleine L'Engle