Quotes from Many Waters

Madeleine L'Engle ·  352 pages

Rating: (37.6K votes)


“Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song. All the raging of creation, the continuing hydrogen explosions on the countless suns, the heaving of planetary bodies, all was enfolded in a patient, waiting love.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters


“Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters


“He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters


“There’s no such thing as an unbreakable scientific rule, because, sooner or later, they all seem to get broken. Or to change.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters


“Where there is an unreconciled quarrel, everybody suffers”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters



About the author

Madeleine L'Engle
Born place: in New York City, New York, The United States
Born date November 29, 1918
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I --"

"I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you.”
― Julia Quinn, quote from The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever


“The woman wore a grey knee-length skirt, what once must have been a nicely pressed white blouse. She carried heels in one hand as she ran in the grass, toward Hoover Drive. A fast zombie in a dark business suit, complete with a thin black tie, was right behind her. He reached for her, swiping passes with bloated blue hands. She serpentined. Left. Right. Doubling back. Good moves. She was like an over-dressed running back. Her shoes the ball.”
― Phillip Tomasso III, quote from Vaccination


“The main lesson Rollan had learned in training was that Meilin was dangerous with a handkerchief.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, quote from Hunted


“You’re much too beautiful for tears.”
― Laura Miller, quote from Butterfly Weeds


“It's the closest place to nowhere that she can think of. And nowhere is exactly where she wants to be today.”
― Lisa Genova, quote from Love Anthony


Interesting books

Twelfth Grade Kills
(14.7K)
Twelfth Grade Kills
by Heather Brewer
The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
(7.1K)
The Futurological Co...
by Stanisław Lem
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
(11.2K)
Economics in One Les...
by Henry Hazlitt
Sisterhood Everlasting
(30.4K)
Sisterhood Everlasti...
by Ann Brashares
Complete Works
(7.7K)
Complete Works
by Arthur Rimbaud
172 Hours on the Moon
(9.2K)
172 Hours on the Moo...
by Johan Harstad

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.