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“I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.”

Book:The Irrational Season

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The Irrational Season

This book delves into the cyclical patterns of human emotions and experiences, reflecting on the irregularities and complexities of life's journey through the seasons. more

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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

“My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is listen to her book. It might take you where you don’t expect to go. That’s what happens when you write stories. You listen and you say ‘a ha,’ and you write it down. A lot of it is not planned, not conscious; it happens while you’re doing it. You know more about it after you’re done.”

Knows Writing Book Done Stories Might Happens Conscious

Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers”

Children House Path Flower Balls Caught Rhythm Jumping Rope Identical Pavement Wrinkle In Time

Book:A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

Source: A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

“Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy.”

Thinking Real Form Evil Space Terror Monsters Apathy Agoraphobia Choosing To Live

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human.”

Humans Character Kids Animal

Author:Brian Jacques

“Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about.”

Should Book Real Home Seems Kids Fantasy Normal Wicked Good Book

Author:Diana Wynne Jones

“And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.”

Ifs Thinking Achieve Genius Expectations

Author:Diana Wynne Jones

“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.”

Trying Littles Father Duty Rough Call Me Somewhere Else Little Women

Author:Louisa May Alcott

“We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I'm sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won't have anything to do with love until I prove that I am something beside a housekeeper and a baby-tender!”

Want Mind Wells Heart Soul Talent Baby Fit Prove Ambition Sick Accomplishment Live And Learn Housekeepers

Book:Work: A Story of Experience: A Library of America eBook Classic

Source: Work: A Story of Experience: A Library of America eBook Classic

“I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!”

People World Two Heaven This World

Book:Christmas Classics Premium Collection: 150+ Novels, Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Wonderful Life of Christ…

Source: Christmas Classics Premium Collection: 150+ Novels, Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Wonderful Life of Christ…

“Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.”

Has Beens Literature Lord Salvation

Book:Alternative Alcott

Source: Alternative Alcott

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