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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.Madeleine LEngle
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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.Madeleine LEngle
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Because we suddenly see that making everything all right would NOT make everything all right. We would not be human beings. We would then be no more than puppets obeying the strings of the master puppeteer. We agree sadly that it is a good thing that we are not God; we do not have to understand God's ways, or the suffering and brokenness and pain that sooner or later come to us all.Madeleine LEngle
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I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.Madeleine LEngle