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“"You are lying about that, and you were lying about Mrs Whatsit!" she screamed. "Mrs Whatsit hates you," Charles Wallace said. And that was where IT made ITs fatal mistake, for as Meg said, automatically, "Mrs Whatsit loves me; that's what she told me, that she loves me," suddenly she knew. She knew! Love. That was what she had that IT did not have.”

“"You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it?" "Yes," Mrs Whatsit said. "You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you." ”

“Aunt Beast spoke to the others. "The child is distraught Don't judge her harshly. She was almost taken by the Black Thing. Sometimes we can't know what spiritual damage in leaves even when physical recovery is complete."”

“The gentle words, the feeling that this beast would be able to love her no matter what she said or did, lapped Meg in warmth and peace.”

“"Because IT's completely unused to being refused. That's the only reason I could keep from being absorbed, too. No mind has tried to hold out against IT for so many thousands of centuries that certain centers have become soft and atrophied through lack of use. If you hadn't come to me when you did, I'm not sure how much longer I would have lasted. I was on the point of giving in."”

“"But that's exactly what we have on Camazotz. Complete equality. Everybody exactly alike." For a moment her brain reeled with confusion. Then came moment of blazing truth. "No!" she cried triumphantly. "Like and equal are not the same thing at all!"”

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

“How small the earth is to him who looks from heaven” (Delille)