prayer is whenever we consciously try to get in contact with the numinous, the ineffable, the marvelous.
Madeleine L'EngleDon't keep putting your anger off. Until you go through it, you can't get out of it.
Madeleine L'EngleOne reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
Madeleine L'EngleStories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos.
Madeleine L'Engle