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Madeleine L'Engle Quotes
Madeleine L'Engle Quotes
Madeleine L'Engle
American
Novelist
Born:
Nov 29
,
1918
Died:
Sep 6
,
2007
Angel
Great
How
Me
Work
You
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.
Madeleine L'Engle
Think
Alive
Would
Longer
Accept
Vulnerability
Vulnerable
Were
Up
Children
Used
Grow
Grow Up
Grown-Up
We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
Madeleine L'Engle
Our
Take
Talents
Counts
How
Any
Them
Use
Credit
In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.
Madeleine L'Engle
Life
Love
Faith
Forgiveness
Shall
Absolute
Could
Come
Well
Call
Him
Judged
Lord
Were
Off
Very
Going
Loving
Us
Evening
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.
Madeleine L'Engle
You
Book
Will
Difficult
Too
Write
Written
Children
Wants
Then
Grown-Ups
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
Madeleine L'Engle
Work
Art
Great
Creation
Ancient
Deliberate
Fact
Perfect
Never
Like
Always
Human
Chinese
Flaw
Painters
Included
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
Best
Good
Me
Book
Try
Job
Enough
Collaborate
Says
I Can
Tells
Ability
Write
Never
Listen
Which
Serve