Madeleine L'Engle quotes - page 10

A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate. (Madeleine L'Engle)
Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known. View quote
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human. View quote
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me. View quote
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A life lived in chaos is an impossibility. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle

Occupation: American Novelist
Born: November 29, 1918
Died: September 6, 2007
Quotes count: 230

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