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The earth will never be the same again Rock, water, tree, iron, share this greif As distant stars participate in the pain. A candle snuffed, a falling star or leaf, A dolphin death, O this particular loss A

The earth will never be the same again Rock, water, tree, iron, share this greif As distant stars participate in the pain. A candle snuffed, a falling star or leaf, A dolphin death, O this particular loss A Heaven-mourned; for if no angel cried If this small one was tossed away as dross, The very galaxies would have lied. How shall we sing our love's song now In this strange land where all are born to die? Each tree and leaf and star show how The universe is part of this one cry, Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.

Madeleine L'Engle
Song, Stars, Pain

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

Madeleine L'Engle
Pain, Paradox, Unending
Twitter post from Mar 17, 2011

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

Madeleine L'Engle
Love, Pain, Deep Thought

Poetry, at least the kind I write, is written out of immediate need; it is written out of pain, joy, and experience too great to be borne until it is ordered into words. And then it is written to be shared.

Madeleine L'Engle
Pain, Writing, Joy
"The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle". Book by Madeleine L'Engle, 2005.

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

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

When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to be hurt, and not only by the people we love, but for the people we love.

Madeleine L'Engle
Hurt, Pain, People

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