"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."
-Madeleine L'Engle
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"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.“
-Madeleine L'Engle
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"In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come."
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"When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony."
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"How sweet it is!"
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"In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event."
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"Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide."
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