“Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never grow up. And nobody ever finishes growing. Or shouldn't. If you stop you might as well quit. What I have to tell you is that it never gets any easier. It goes right on being rough forever. But nothing that's easy is worth anything. You ought to have learned that by now. What happens as you keep on growing is that all of a sudden you realize that it's more exciting and beautiful than scary and awful.”

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About Madeleine L'Engle

American writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She is best known for her 1962 children's book A Wrinkle in Time, which won the Newbery Medal. Her work spans several forms, but she is most closely associated with writing for younger readers. She later received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1998, an honor recognizing her lasting contribution to young adult literature.

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Books by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time

2005

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A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet #2

1974

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Many Waters (Time Quintet #4)

1986

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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)

1999

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An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)

2007

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