Madeleine L'Engle Short Quotes

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The work proves the craftsman.
In German: Das Werk lobt den Meister.

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Like and equal are two entirely different things

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What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!
Dante

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We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.

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Hate was nothing that IT didn't have. IT knew all about hate.

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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.

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Yes, it was to her faults that she turned to save herself now.

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You've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

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If you aren't unhappy sometimes you don't know how to be happy.

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

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A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.

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Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

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The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.

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Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.

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Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

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There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.

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The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.

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There's nothing more physically exhausting than a sense of failure.

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We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.

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If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy.

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If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.

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Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.

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Artists... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

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

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If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children.

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The artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it.

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You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.

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To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take.

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God understands that part of us which is more than what we think we are.

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Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

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