Madeleine LEngle Quotes about Life

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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.

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.

Madeleine L'Engle

Life, Beautiful, Children

Twitter post from Apr 21, 2016

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

Madeleine L'Engle

Life, Attitude, Integrity

Twitter post from Aug 29, 2016

life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of life than any human being I've met.

Madeleine L'Engle

Life, Spring, Sunshine

Madeleine L'Engle (1981). “Camilla”, Doubleday