"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, Grade 6 Novel Quotes

“But you won't be able to, Charles! He's stronger than you are! You know that!"
"I have to try."
"But Mrs Whatsit warned you!"
"I have to try. For Father, Meg. Please. I want—I want to know my father—" For a moment his lips trembled.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, Grade 6 Novel

“Maybe that's a good idea,” Charles said. “Who do
you report us to?"
"To whom do I report you."
"Well, to whom, then. I'm not on the second-grade level yet.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, Grade 6 Novel

“How did all this happen? Isn't it wonderful? I feel as though I were just be ing born! I'm not alone anymore! Do you realize what that means to me?"
"But you're good at basketball and things," Meg protested. "You're good in school. Everybody likes you."
"For all the most unimportant reasons," Calvin said
"There hasn't been anybody, anybody in the world i could talk to. Sure, I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn't me.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, Grade 6 Novel