“When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.”

Madeleine L'Engle

“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

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

Madeleine L'Engle

“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”

Madeleine L'Engle

“Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strang...”

Madeleine L'Engle