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Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“The medieval mystics say the true image and the true real met once and for all on the cross: once and for all: and yet they still meet daily.”

Book:A Circle of Quiet

Work

A Circle of Quiet

This book is a reflective and introspective journey that delves into the author's personal experiences and observations, focusing on the beauty of simplicity and the importance of spiritual reflection in daily life. more

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

“It is all, as usual, paradox. I have to use what intellect I have in order to write books, but I write the kind of books I do in order that I may try to set down glimpses of things that are on the other side of the intellect. We do not go around and discard the intellect, but we must go through and beyond it.”

Writing Trying Kind May Book Use Order Sides Intellect Paradox Usual Glimpse

Book:The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention

Source: The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention

“They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.”

Men Has Beens Lying He Man Liars Deceiving Veracity Credence

Book:Novels, 1930-1935

Source: Novels, 1930-1935

“I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.”

Men Social Lines Draws Petty

Book:The Sound And The Fury

Source: The Sound And The Fury