Madeleine L'Engle Quotes - Page 17

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• A life lived in chaos is an impossibility.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Chaos, Impossibility

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.138, Convergent Books

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• Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Writing, Half, Littles

  Twitter post from May 01, 2016

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• It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

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  God, Believe, Names

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.91, Open Road Media

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• You have to write the book that wants to be written.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Book, Writing

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2017

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• We do live, all of us, on many different levels, and for most artists the world of imagination is more real than the world of the kitchen sink.

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  Real, Artist, Imagination

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.55, Open Road Media

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• The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Writing, Discipline, Effort

  Twitter post from Sep 14, 2016

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• The 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?

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  Children, Sleep, House

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.117, Open Road Media

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• In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he did any of these things. That isn't the way people write.' I believe this as strongly now as I did then. Most of what is best in writing isn't done deliberately.

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  Believe, Writing, Character

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.130, Open Road Media

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• The novelist helps us to see things we might not notice otherwise.

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  Novelists, Might, Helping

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• anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.

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  Mind, Helping

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

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  Art, Laughter, Giving Up

  Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.68, Macmillan

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• Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!

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  Pain, Giving, Littles

  Madeleine L'Engle (2010). “A Wrinkle in Time”, p.62, Macmillan

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• Only a fool is not afraid.

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  Fool, Not Afraid

  Madeleine L'Engle (2012). “A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”, p.98, Macmillan

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• Vitam impendere vero. To stake one's life for the truth.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Stakes

  "A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition".

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• Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

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  Craftsman, Dens, Prove

  Madeleine L'Engle (2012). “A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”, p.63, Macmillan

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• As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)

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  Wall, Walls Have Ears, Ears

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• For that moment, at least, all our doors and windows were wide open; we were not carefully shutting out God's purifying light, in order to feel safe and secure; we were bathed in the same light that burned and yet did not consume the bush. We walked barefoot on holy ground.

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  Holy Ground, Light, Doors

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.40, Convergent Books

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• In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnet…There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s a very strict rhythm or meter…And each line has to end with a rigid pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way, it is not a sonnet…But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wants…You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.

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  Believe, Writing, Lines

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• Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

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  Feet, Dignity, Wrinkle In Time

  Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.20, Macmillan

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• With our human limitations we're not always able to understand the explanations.

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  Able, Explanation, Humans

  Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.33, Macmillan

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• This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved.

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  Goodbye, Firsts, Strange

  Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.7, Macmillan

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• Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Flower

  Madeleine L'Engle (2010). “Many Waters”, p.65, Macmillan

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• Language changes. If it does not change, like Latin it dies. But we need to be aware that as our language changes, so does our theology change, particularly if we are trying to manipulate language for a specific purpose. That is what is happening with our attempts at inclusive language, which thus far have been inconclusive and unsuccessful.

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  Latin, Trying, Doe

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• But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?

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  Moving, Home, Maturity

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.55, Open Road Media

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• I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

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  Able, Wrinkle In Time, Knows

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