# Quote — Madeleine L’Engle, A Ring of Endless Light

> Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.

- Author: [Madeleine L’Engle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle.md)
- Book: [A Ring of Endless Light](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-ring-of-endless-light.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Madeleine_L'Engle#A_Ring_of_Endless_Light_(1980)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-ring-of-endless-light/maybe-you-have