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I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.

Madeleine L'Engle
Laughter, Never Forget, Forget
Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.110, Convergent Books

It is an extraordinary and beautiful thing that God, in creation. . . works with the beauty of matter; the reality of things; the discoveries of the senses, all five of them; so that we, in turn, may hear the grass growing; see a face springing to life in love and laughter. . . The offerings of creation. . . our glimpses of truth.

Madeleine L'Engle
Beautiful, Laughter, Reality
Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.124, Open Road Media

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

Madeleine L'Engle
Laughter, Laughing, Giving
Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.21, Open Road Media

wherever there's laughter, there is heaven

Madeleine L'Engle
Laughter, Heaven
Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.69, Macmillan

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

Madeleine L'Engle
Happiness, Hurt, Laughter
Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles”, p.130, Macmillan

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

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

Wherever she was, holy laughter was present to heal and redeem.

Madeleine L'Engle
Laughter, Holy, Heal
Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.57, Convergent Books

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 one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals

Madeleine L'Engle
Laughter, Selfish, Real
"A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, Book 1)". Book by Madeleine L'Engle (Section 1.10), 1972.

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