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Madeleine LEngle Quotes - Page 6

A new year can begin only because the old year ends.

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “The Irrational Season”, p.5, Open Road Media

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

Madeleine L’Engle (2014). “A Wrinklein Time Quintet”, p.116, Obelix Books

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.

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

I suspect that in every good marriage there are times when love seems to be over.

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage”, p.64, Open Road Media

Nothing important is completely explicable.

Madeleine L'Engle (2017). “The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention”, p.103, Open Road Media

There is nothing we need be afraid to say before the Lord.

Madeleine L'Engle (1983). “And it was Good, Reflections on Beginnings”, Harold Shaw Pub

We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we'll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them.

Madeleine L'Engle, Library of Congress (1984). “Dare to be Creative!: A Lecture Presented at the Library of Congress, November 16, 1983”, Washington : Library of Congress

It's hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.

Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.95, Macmillan

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.83, Convergent Books