A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

by Madeleine L'Engle

It was a dark and stormy night.

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.”

“Of course! It really helped ever so much because it made me mad, and when I’m mad I don’t have room to be scared.”

Beware of pride and arrogance, Charles, for they may betray you.”

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

“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.”