It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's... - Madeleine L'Engle

"If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."

"Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving."

"I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished."What I believe is alive ... and open to growth"

"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."

"Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous."