God understands. And God understands that part of us which is more than we think we are.
Madeleine L'EngleI am also four, and twelve, and fifteen, and twenty-three, and thirty-one, and forty-five and . . . and . . . and . . .
Madeleine L'EngleThe joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long.
Madeleine L'EngleIf you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.
Madeleine L'Engle