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Madeleine L'Engle

"There are forces working in the world as never before in the history of mankind for standardization, for the regimentation of us all, or what I like to call making muffins of us, muffins all like every other muffin in the muffin tin. This is the limited universe, the drying dissipating universe that we can help our children to avoid by providing them with 'explosive material capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly'."

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"There are forces working in the world as never before in the history of mankind for standardization, for the regimentation of us all, or what I like to call making muffins of us, muffins all like every other muffin in the muffin tin. This is the limited universe, the drying dissipating universe that we can help our children to avoid by providing them with 'explosive material capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly'."

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Donna Grant

"I'd rather be interesting, original, & unique then follow the pack. Revel in who you truly are & be liberated!"

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Donna Grant

"The world says fit in, the universe says stand out."

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Donna Grant

"The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character."

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Donna Grant

"You've probably missed out something really great but you haven't let that drive you insane but always remember to be yourself."

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Donna Grant

"Life is too short as we all know it to be. So why dare to spend it trying to live up to other people's worldly expectations of you?"

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Donna Grant

"As plants do not grow in the dark, never allow yourself to be in someone's shadow."

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Donna Grant

"Yes, be different, but not for the vanities of being different."

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Donna Grant

"Don't jump on the bandwagon just because everyone's doing so."

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Donna Grant

"The most interesting people are the unusual. No one writes about or discusses the average, the ordinary, or the common; they write about and discuss the weird, the mad and the different, so if you are one, even though the opinions of others are of no importance, you are, in their eyes, significant enough to notice and remember."

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Donna Grant

"Only two unhappy people can be happy with each other, because they are dependent on the 'other' for happiness. Only an INDIVIDUAL relishes in his own presence, the 'other' is a hindrance to his freedom. He doesn't fit with the society, he stands out from the mediocre, he lives in 'totality' and celebrates in aloneness."

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Madeleine L'Engle
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

Family

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Madeleine L'Engle
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."

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Madeleine L'Engle
"With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me."

Life

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Madeleine L'Engle
"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

Ability

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Madeleine L'Engle
"Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life has meaning. Perhaps I should feel insignificant, but instead I feel a soaring in my heart that the God who could create all this - and out of nothing - can still count the hairs of my head."

Belief

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Madeleine L'Engle
"I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect."

Art

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Madeleine L'Engle
"Calvin said, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses?""I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father.""Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes," Calvin said. "Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have."

Affection

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Madeleine L'Engle
"Stories are like children. They grow in their own way."

Literature

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Madeleine L'Engle
"Your intuition and your intellect should be working together, making love. That's how it works best."

Wisdom

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Madeleine L'Engle
"I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair. And second, you need to read. You can't be a writer if you're not a reader. It's the great writers who teach us how to write. The third thing is to write. Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour - write, write, write."

Creativity

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