Certain Women Quotes

“We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“Maybe we have to sin, to know ourselves human, faulty and flawed, before there is any possibility of greatness." - Nik”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“... scar tissue was the strongest tissue in the human body.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“I think we're supposed to ask too much of each other; otherwise, nothing would ever get done.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“Was she strong enough to allow both of them to be themselves? Bahama had instilled in her an honoring of promises, but she could not keep her promise unless she was willing to allow Nik to be Nik, not a projection of someone who could fill in all her empty spaces, heal all her wounds.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“Goodbyes are not easy, but I'm ready to move on. I'm not reluctant, Emma, not holding back. I don't have answers to the questions, but I have some good questions. I have loved life, but I believe that life is to be loved, it is a gift.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“... Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go."
"Not a bad ability."
"... I'm not sure. I think we have to remember it all before we can forgive it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women

“one thing I have learned is that all our needs do not have to be fulfilled.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Certain Women: A Novel