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A Ring of Endless Light

A Ring of Endless Light

A Ring of Endless Light is a 1980 novel by Madeleine L'Engle. The book tells of teenager Vicky Austin and her struggle to understand life and significance in the universe as she deals with her dying grandfather, while at the same time finding true romantic love. The title originates from a phrase in the seventeenth-century Welsh poet Henry Vaughan's poem "The World."


“A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.”

Madeleine L'Engle A Ring of Endless Light

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

Madeleine L'Engle A Ring of Endless Light

Source: A Ring of Endless Light (1980)

“Wherever there's laughter, there is heaven.”

Madeleine L'Engle A Ring of Endless Light

Source: A Ring of Endless Light

“Poets are born knowing the language of angels.”

Madeleine L'Engle A Ring of Endless Light

Source: A Ring of Endless Light

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