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Madeleine L'Engle

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Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Total quotes: 4

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Madeleine L'Engle

Birthname

Birthday: November 29, 1918

Death: September 6, 2007

Educated At: Smith College

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Essayist, Science Fiction Writer, Woman Of Letters, Children's Writer, Novelist

Spouse: Hugh Franklin

Total quotes: 4

“We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)

Tagged: Talent, Success

“The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)

Tagged: Laughter, Problems, coping

“And he was kissing me again, and slipping the shorty nightgown over my head. His strong and gentle hands began to stroke me, his hands, his lips, his tongue.

Gentle. Not frightening. Knowing what he was doing. I felt my nipples rise, and it startled me.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A House Like a Lotus

Tagged: Sex, Love, erotica

“If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet

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