Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
Source: A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings
“Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit”
— Madeleine L'Engle, book A Wrinkle in Time
Source: A Wrinkle in Time
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