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'EngleLife is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you have the right insurance everything is going to be fine. That's not what it's really like. Terrible things happen. And those are the things we learn from.
Madeleine L'EngleOnly Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed.
Madeleine L'EngleWhen we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
Madeleine L'Engle