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Madeleine L'Engle

“The creative impulse can be killed, but it cannot be taught...What a teacher can do...in working with children, is to give the flame enough oxygen so that it can burn. As far as I'm concerned, this providing of oxygen is one of the noblest of all vocations.”

Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet
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A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1) A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
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