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10 Inspiring Madeleine L’Engle Quotes

Alikay Wood

Quotes from the beloved A Wrinkle in Time author.

Madeleine L’Engle may be best known for her beloved children’s book A Wrinkle in Time, but she was much more than a fantasy writer. In her lifetime, L’Engle published more than 60 books. Her thoughts about faith, motherhood and writing have inspired millions. Here are ten of her most thought-provoking quotes.

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Truth is deeper and wider and much more demanding than many people would like, but Jesus promised that it would set us free.

—Madeleine L’Engle

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If we limit ourselves to the age we are, and forget all the ages that we have been, we diminish our truth.

—Madeleine L’Engle

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Love is not power. Love is giving power away.

—Madeleine L’Engle

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

—Madeleine L’Engle

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We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

—Madeleine L’Engle

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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.

—Madeleine L’Engle

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Only when we take ourselves lightly can we take ourselves seriously, so that we are given the courage to say, “Yes! I dare disturb the universe.”

—Madeleine L’Engle