Madeleine L'Engle Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  God, Believe, Names

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.91, Open Road Media

• A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is . It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Believe, Two, Trying

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.121, Open Road Media

• if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Book, Not Good Enough

• To write for children at all is an act of faith.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Writing, Literature

• If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Book, Writing

  Twitter post from Jun 11, 2012

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