A Severed Wasp Quotes

“that other people didn’t know. That helps. And he was kind to women who had been overlavish in love.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“internecine”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“You fit my description of a contented person.” “What’s that?” “Being happy to snuggle down in bed at night and go to sleep. And being eager to wake up and get going with the new day in the morning.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“Pain is better than addiction,”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“There are sick people in the world, but they are to be pitied. And those of us who are able to love must return the sickness with healing; that is the gift of the artist.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“One cannot live in perpetual fear. One has to be as prudent as possible, and get on with life. Don’t worry about me.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“You waste your energy going up and down instead of going forward.’ She continued to walk calmly beside Felix.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“cow. It finished opera for me for years.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“but I still held my breath waiting for Brünnhilde to rise up out of the pyre at the end. And then, instead of a beautiful maiden emerging from the flames, there rose up a great fat”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“But, like all human beings, she still had unfulfilled longings. She could still be as lonely and frightened as a child, and with as little reason.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“After Justin’s death she had had it cut short, and felt that it was more becoming than the heavy masses of long hair he had loved, and which took forever to dry and dress. The short, well-styled hair toweled dry in a few minutes, and fell in becoming waves over her high forehead, her small delicate ears, showing the graceful curve of her neck.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp

“That’s it, isn’t it?” Mimi asked. “Someone to talk with. Someone who can talk about the things in our own concerns.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp