A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.
Madeleine L'EngleIf thou could'st empty all thyself of self
Like to a shell dishabited
Then might He find thee on the ocean shelf
And say This is not dead and fill thee with Himself instead.
But thou art all replete with very thou
And hast such shrewd activity
That when He comes He says This is enow Unto itself - 'twere better let it be
It is so small and full there is no room for me.
She began to feel the sense of wonderful elation that always came to her when beauty took hold of her and made her forget her fears.
Madeleine L'EngleIn the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he did any of these things. That isn't the way people write.'
I believe this as strongly now as I did then. Most of what is best in writing isn't done deliberately.
Stichwörter: writing-process
Alas. What have we done to our good, bawdy, Anglo-Saxon four-letter words? ...We have blunted them so with overuse that they no longer have any real meaning for us. ...When will we be able to redeem our shock words? They have been turned to marshmallows. ...We no longer have anything to cry in time of crisis. 'Help!' we bleat. And no one hears us. 'Help' is another of those four-letter words that don't mean anything any more.
Madeleine L'EngleGoodness has never been a guarantee of safety.
Madeleine L'EngleSorry. I get attacks of quotitis every once in a while. It's a very rare disease with no cure. It usually attacks older people, and here i am afflicted with it at my tender age.
Madeleine L'EngleYou're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.
Madeleine L'EngleBut where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?
Madeleine L'Englethe discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control.
Madeleine L'EngleStichwörter: discoveries
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