Anybody else's spiritual journey been affected by Madeleine L'Engle?

Question

Learning she died has made me cry. Here are some of the words she molded round her thoughts.

"Our truest responsibility to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find the truth."

"We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending."

"Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might."

"I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive ... and open to growth."

and one last quote, from 'A Wrinkle in Time' seemingly written just for me...
"'Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about,' Charles Wallace said. 'Why should I disillusion them?'"

Answer 1

Honestly I don't know who she is. Some of this sounds so familiar but I could be wrong.
I am glad you posted it. Oddly enough her path ending may lead to many paths beginning.
I think I shall look up some of her stuff.
I really like this one ""I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive ... and open to growth." "
Hmm kinda fits me well.

Answer 2

Oh most definitely. Her writing is beautiful and must have reflected what a wonderful soul and intellect she had. I almost can't put into words what her writing did for me except to say that she opened worlds I didn't know existed. I discovered her my first summer at Episcopal church camp. I was 11, and we read and discussed passages from A Wrinkle in Time. After that, I was hooked. In fact in a couple of months, I'm going to be teaching my 8th graders both A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door. If I didn't have to mess with state assessments, I'd toss in A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters as well.

Answer 3

Madeleine L' Engle is an American writer best known for her children's books, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. Her works reflect her strong interest in modern science; mitochondrial DNA, for instance, is featured prominently in A Wind in the Door, tesseracts in A Wrinkle in Time, organ regeneration in The Arm of the Starfish.

Answer 4

Yes! A Wrinkle In Time is one of the first reasons I started looking beyond Christianity.

"It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real."

Answer 5

A Wrinkle in Time seemed to be written for me, too :) I think she had a wonderful handle on what it's like to be a kid, especially a kid who's a bit different.

It was one of the first books I loved, and remains one of my favorite books to this day.

Answer 6

Madeleine L'Engle... “I never try to talk like a Lutheran or whatever denomination, but as much as possible I speak from my heart, what is on my mind at that particular time. If I don’t do it from me, then I’m not being true.”

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Answer 7

I love her writing and her books. I just saw that she died. Thank you for those quotes. She was a creative and wonderful person.

Answer 8

I loved her books. It had made me think about things (at time of reading) that I never bothered thinking about before. They still stick with me.

Answer 9

I do not know who this is but the quotes are wonderful. Thank you.

Answer 10

I could not stand her "A Tinkle in Time" book; I mean "A Wrinkle in Time."