“The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A Swiftly Tilting Planet

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American writer 1918–2007

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