Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

Madeleine L'Engle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007

Topics

LifeMeBookBecomeMoreWrite

The mystery form was very helpful for me as a beginning writer because mystery novels and suspense novels have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Jesse Kellerman

BeginningMeEndMysterySuspense

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

Anatoly Karpov

ChangeTimeWaitWorldLongOut

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Andy Rooney

TruthPeopleBelieveFactsAccept

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

Tris Speaker

UselessExplainSuccessfulWouldAny

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

Ron Paul

YouCountryCrimeLawsGetFine

Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't.

Michael Keaton

WomenLovingGoWhoGuysAbout

One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education.

Mildred Dresselhaus

EducationSimpleMeThinkGrowUp

From the vertigo, I found out how far I can push myself physically and also mentally.

Jason Day

MyselfPushI CanHow FarOutFar

Although everyone fights, few people know how to have a good argument, an argument that clears the air and makes it less likely a future argument will take place on the same subject.

David Viscott

GoodFuturePeoplePlaceArgument

The dark is light enough.

Christopher Fry

LightEnoughDark

Wakanda was allowed to develop freely, specifically on its own. Wakanda pushed back all the invaders. So they maintained all their traditions; they maintained all their styles.

Brian Stelfreeze

BackOwnTraditionsDevelopPushed

Music is an important part of my writing process.

Peter James

MusicWritingProcessImportantPart

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