Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze, It'll spring up and glow, like--like the sun, And light the wandering out of stony ways.

When the lights come on inside of you, everyone in the world can see a little better.

I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.

All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.

Make of yourself a light.

Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave. But books grant us myriad possibilities: the possibility of change, the possibility of illumination.

I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world as he illuminated it, the light in my own mind rekindled.

If you believe in light, you'll be in light, you don't have to face darkness.

The boy who walks in the light.

In your light I learn how to love.

I'm grateful for anything that reminds me of what's possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It's so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared.

Truths kindle light for truths.

Jon passes from Darkness to Light.

The ability to find sparks may be buried so deep in you that you stop believing there's a God. Until someone comes along, with so much light in her that you can't help but see your own, and when you're together,that light grows even brighter.

There are books that I read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet.

Books-bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly - until at last the darkness is no more.

Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.

We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter.

You can tell a book is real when your heart beats faster. Real books make you sweat. Cry, if no one is looking. Real books help you make sense of your crazy life. Real books tell it true, don't hold back and make you stronger. But most of all, real books give you hope. Because it's not always going to be like this and books-the good ones, the ones-show you how to make it better. Now.

He opened a window in my heart, and the light of the world shined in.