It is ... through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth.
Madeleine L'EngleWe do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.
Madeleine L'EngleAn infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy... If I try self-consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals
Madeleine L'EngleIn our dreams we are able to fly . . . and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be.
Madeleine L'Engle