A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

by Madeleine L'Engle

This foot was covered with a blue and gray Argyle sock, and Mrs Whatsit sat there, wriggling her toes, contentedly finishing her sandwich before scrambling to her feet.

you don’t have to understand things for them to be.

Calvin put a strong hand to Meg’s elbow, and Fort pressed against her leg. Happiness at their concern was so strong in her that her panic fled, and she followed Charles Wallace into the dark recesses of the house without fear.

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing.”

just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation doesn’t exist.”

“Thee onnlly wway ttoo ccope withh ssometthingg ddeadly sseriouss iss ttoo ttry ttoo trreatt itt a llittlle lligghtly.”

But of course we can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.

“Therre willl nno llonggerr bee sso manyy pplleasanntt thinggss too llookk att iff rressponssible ppeoplle ddo nnott ddoo ssomethingg abboutt thee unnppleassanntt oness.”

not saying anything in words but trying to tell him by the pressure of her fingers what she felt.

“Only a fool is not afraid,”

“Maybe if you aren’t unhappy sometimes you don’t know how to be happy.

And instead of this happy and expected outcome, they seemed to be encountering all kinds of new troubles.

You must wait until you are more calm.

Good helps us, the stars help us, perhaps what you would call light helps us, love helps us. Oh, my child, I cannot explain! This is something you just have to know or not know.” “But—” “We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things which are not seen are eternal.”