"You see, we have too--"

[rymenhild]

In a very real sense, Madeleine L'Engle helped raise me. She taught me about faith in God and the benevolence of the universe. She taught me how to see the world around me with a clear, loving gaze. She introduced me to allegory and The Tempest and angels and Patrick's Rune and Athens and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. I never met her, but I loved her like a member of my family, and I can't believe she's gone.

--

Charles Wallace had once again been contemplating the intricate model of the tesseract. He spoke softly to his sister. "Meg, no matter what happens, even if Dennys is right about her heart, remember that it was herself she placed, for the baby's sake, and yours, and Calvin's, and all of us--"

Meg looked at him questioningly.

Charles Wallace's eyes as he returned her gaze were the blue of light as it glances off a unicorn's horn, pure and clear and infinitely deep. "In this fateful hour, it was herself she placed between us and the powers of darkness."

~from A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear of her death.

[raindrenched.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way.

[tempestsarekind.livejournal.com]

Oh... I didn't know about this until I saw your post. My reading life (so, my whole life, basically) was shaped by the Time Quartet and others of her books in a major way. Things feel a tiny bit smaller now.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I'd had no idea that she'd passed away until I read your post. I also grew up on her books, and her messages. Thank you for the beautiful obituary.

[snowspinner.livejournal.com]

Oh.... :(

It's hard to call this a surprise with the age she was... and she was never an author I followed closely. But on the other hand, she was an author I always respected, and always had the vague sense that there must be more from, just because there was already so much.

I guess there's not any more. :(

[tovaks.livejournal.com]

I started tearing up as I read the end of the quote. Truly a great contributor to literature, Madeleine L'Engle will be missed.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Just. Yeah.