Home / Quotes / Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of Genesis. There are two Creation stories, two stories of the making of Adam and Eve. And that is all right. The Bible is still true.”

Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

Author

Madeleine L'Engle

American writer, born on November 29, 1918, and died on September 6, 2007. Madeleine L'Engle is renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels, with her most famous work being 'A Wrinkle in Time'. more

You May Also Like

“Remember the root word of humble and human is the same: humus: earth. We are dust. We are created; it is God who made us and not we ourselves. But we were made to be co-creators with our maker.”

Humans Made Earth Remember Roots Creator Humble Dust Makers

Book:Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”

Words Spices Few Words Wise Women

Book:The Last Slice of Rainbow: And Other Stories

Source: The Last Slice of Rainbow: And Other Stories

“Why do we want to have alternate worlds? It's a way of making progress. You have to imagine something before you do it.”

World Way Want Imagine Progress

Author:Joan Aiken

“You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that if you left two men together in a lonely place they would quarrel, but if you left three men, two of them could always grumble to each other about the third, and then they would be quite happy.”

People Ifs Thinking Men Looks May Two Would Be Together Three Left Lonely Thirds Tiny Odd Ran Stations Quarrels Railway Lonely Places

Author:Joan Aiken

“I kept arguing that 'love is the most important force, love is the most important force.' So I wanted to show him loving. Sometimes it's dramatic: it means you lay down your life. But sometimes it means making sure someone's trunk is packed and hoping they'll be O.K. at school.”

Mean Important Sometimes Shows Wanted School Force Love Is Lays Arguing Dramatic Trunks

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Snape is vindictive, he's cruel. He's not a big man. But he loves. I like him, but I'd also like to slap him hard.”

Men Hard Bigs Slap Snape Vindictive I Like Him

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else.”

Way Want Writing Ideas Fall Falling In Love Wanting To Fall In Love I Want To Fall In Love

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I won't say 'never,' but I have no plans to write an eighth book.”

Writing Book Plans

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Well I think it is often the case that the biggest bullies take what they know to be their own defects, as they see it, and they put them right on someone else and then they try and destroy the other and that's what Voldemort does.”

Thinking Knows Trying Wells Doe Cases Defects Bully

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I don't take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion.”

My Own Responsibility Fringe Lunatic

Author:J. K. Rowling