A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

by Madeleine L'Engle

I think that with our human limitations we’re not always able to understand the explanations. But you see, Meg, just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation doesn’t exist.”

The more a man knows, the less he talks.”

“The spoken word is one of the triumphs of man,” he proclaimed, “and I intend to continue using it, particularly with people I don’t trust.”