# A Wrinkle in Time

- Author: [Madeleine L’Engle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-wrinkle-in-time

## Quotes

> Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.

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> Alike and Equal are not the same.

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> Suddenly she knew. She knew! Love. That was what she had that IT did not have. She had Mrs. Whatsit's love, and her father's, and mother's, and the real Charles Wallace's love, and the twins', and Aunt Beast's. And she had her love for them. But how could she use it? What was she meant to do?

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> As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-wrinkle-in-time/as-the-skipping.md)

> Hate was nothing that IT didn't have. IT knew all about hate.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-wrinkle-in-time/hate-was-nothing.md)

> Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-wrinkle-in-time/just-because-we-dont.md)

> You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.

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> Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/madeleine-lengle/a-wrinkle-in-time/speaking-of-ways.md)