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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Madeleine L'Engle

Stars, Book, Reading

Madeleine L'Engle (2012). “A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”, p.222, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

In reading we must become creators.

Madeleine L'Engle

Reading, Creator

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.31, Convergent Books

The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed.

Madeleine L'Engle

Hate, Book, Reading

In reading we must become creators. Once the child has learned to read alone, and can pick up a book without illustrations, he must become a creator, imagining the setting of the story, visualizing the characters, seeing facial expressions, hearing the inflection of voices. The author and the reader "know" each other; they meet on the bridge of words.

Madeleine L'Engle

Children, Book, Reading