Madeleine L'Engle

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

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

Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.

If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.

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.

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