All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as they grow older.
Madeleine L'EngleWe think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually.
Madeleine L'EngleThe primary needs can be filled without language. We can eat, sleep, make love, build a house, bear children, without language. But we cannot ask questions. We cannot ask, 'Who am I? Who are you? Why?
Madeleine L'Engle