Madeleine L'Engle quotes - page 3

My protagonists, male and female, are me. (Madeleine L'Engle)
Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. View quote
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Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. View quote
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Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. View quote
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I do not know everything; still many things I understand. View quote
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The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly. View quote
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We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are. View quote
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I love, therefore I am vulnerable. View quote
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People are more than just the way they look. View quote
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A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points. View quote
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Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived. (Madeleine L'Engle)
I'm apt to get drunk on words... Ontology: the word about the essence of things; the word about being. View quote
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Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust. View quote
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Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks. View quote
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We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are. View quote
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A good laugh heals a lot of hurts. View quote
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Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything. View quote
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Stories are like children. They grow in their own way. View quote
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We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually. View quote
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In reading we must become creators. View quote
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It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter. (Madeleine L'Engle)
You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you. View quote
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On the other side of pain, there is still love. View quote
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Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity? View quote
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It was a dark and stormy night. View quote
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