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Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
Madeleine L'Engle
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.”
“We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature.”
“What I must learn is to love with all of me, giving all of me, and yet remain whole in myself. Any other kind of love is too demanding of the other; it takes, rather than gives. To love so completely that you lose yourself in another person is not good. You are giving a weight, not the sense of lightness and light that loving someone should give.”
“But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.”
“The growth of love is not a straight line, but a series of hills and valleys.”
“If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.”
“If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may be quite aware of that, but if we repress our needs, then those unsaid prayers will fester.”
“If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go wrong. Like a human parent, God will help us when we ask for help, but in a way that will make us more mature, more real, not in a way that will diminish us.”
“It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.”
“I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.”
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Book Keywords:
tragedy, wisdom, optimism