Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle

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

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

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.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

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.