'A Wrinkle in Time' was almost never published. You can't name a major publisher who didn't reject it.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

We know you have a great mind and all, Mother, but you don’t have much sense.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.

I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded out of me.