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Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Total quotes: 8
“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, A Ring of Endless Light
Tagged: Love, Letting Go
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
Tagged: Children, Ideology, vulnerability, Acceptance, Weakness
“But I love her. That’s the funny part of it. I love them all, and they don’t give a hoot about me.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Tagged: Love, Expression of Love, admiration
“If you aren’t unhappy sometimes you don’t know how to be happy.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
Tagged: Happiness, Loneliness, Awareness
“Love isn’t how you feel. It’s what you do.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet) by L'Engle, Madeleine (2007) Paperback
Tagged: Relationship, love quotes, Commitment
“We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
Tagged: Talent, Success
“The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
Tagged: Laughter, Problems, coping
“If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.”
— Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet
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