"You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes #Up To You Quotes

“I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.”
“HOMÅ’OPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.”
“I've nothing against eye make-up and lipstick. But the fact is that weâ€™re actually living on a planet in space. For me thatâ€™s an extraordinary thought. Itâ€™s mind-boggling just to think about the existence of space at all. But there are girls who canâ€™t see the universe for eye liner.”
“At first when I realized I was a romantic, I was sort of shocked and shamed. But it is true... that the material I work most with is emotion.”
“Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before the worst amongst you are given authority over you and then when even the best of you make dua against them, their duas will not be accepted.”
“It is significant that the nationalization of thought has proceded everywhere pari passu with the nationalization of industry.”
“When in doubt, shut up.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “The Time Travelers: Volume One”, p.142, Laurel Leaf
“You don't have to know what to say or what to do; just listen to the one who sent you.”

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