Madeleine L Engle Inspirational Quotes (247)

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.

Calvin said, Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses? I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father. Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes, Calvin said. Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have.

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

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

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.

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.