Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

“But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.—Ditta”

“He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.”

“Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.”

“Pray all you like, ask anything you want, but don’t forget that he never promised he’d say yes. He never guaranteed us anything. Not anything at all. Except one thing. Just one thing . . . . That h...”

“Meg’s eyes were too bright. “I wish human beings couldn’t have feelings. I am having feelings. They hurt.”

“An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously to become a person, I will never be...”

“we’re all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large can’t tell which is which”

“Your intuition and your intellect should be working together… making love. That’s how it works best.”

“We live by revelation, as Christians, as artists, which means that we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin to think we know all the answers, we forget the question...”

“There’s no such thing as an unbreakable scientific rule, because, sooner or later, they all seem to get broken. Or to change.”

“Because you're not what I would have you be I blind myself to who in truth you are.”