Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

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

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

God understands. And God understands that part of us which is more than we think we are.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.

Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference.

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.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.