![Some things have to be believed to be seen.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OYCepKiKwSw/X1t70eVb4AI/AAAAAAAAJRE/51RBjmAQg9c2PfpUsc1-2WLdyZm_on_7gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-things-have-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Madeleine L’Engle
![Some things have to be believed to be seen.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OYCepKiKwSw/X1t70eVb4AI/AAAAAAAAJRE/51RBjmAQg9c2PfpUsc1-2WLdyZm_on_7gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-things-have-to-be-believed-to-be-seen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![It’s not my brain that’s writing the book, it’s these hands of mine.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mWJgr32goyw/X1tvxON9eBI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/--ZS-NnylzktMXJFxFk_QXVkLr0NHJYtgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/its-not-my-brain-thats-writing-the-book-its-these-hands-of-mine.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It’s not my brain that’s writing the book, it’s these hands of mine.
![Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F0Q5f7zcDTM/X1tipC6GqXI/AAAAAAAAGAw/TMbuw07UuO8DQhIHb2hGIFdh6ZCwQHH1wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/death-is-contagious-it-is-contracted-the-moment-we-are-conceived.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.
![Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-83QfxpqWArc/X1t8P6U377I/AAAAAAAAJWo/n2TkOxtmLd09MqHCVv-Kxl6HJD-CoyDnACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/stories-make-us-more-alive-more-human-more-courageous-more-loving.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
![A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i2XmN2vwdwg/X1tcs_qG8ZI/AAAAAAAAFbc/Ln6ql-irfB0cFPqed4wI5oWuHCPMAiBwwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-straight-line-is-not-the-shortest-distance-between-two-points.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.
![A book comes and says, ‘Write me.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Oe7CnSwoAGY/X1tcKETdPnI/AAAAAAAAFT0/wcd89Y-JC2Y2opORLEbO3vfLjhNHq8EDQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-book-comes-and-says-write-me.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A book comes and says, ‘Write me.
![Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--isihX_kpeA/X1tuyNahAvI/AAAAAAAAHwY/i3q7FvRtuQQ7Idre2-dKkQQW2AMhnh4_wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/inspiration-usually-comes-during-work-rather-than-before-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
![I do not know everything; still many things I understand.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8hrOTdQh0IA/X1tqRLzK1OI/AAAAAAAAHA8/4HNXZkFQ_dcgsafpjd-45Oeb8dwij57DgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-do-not-know-everything-still-many-things-i-understand.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I do not know everything; still many things I understand.
![Euripedes. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--_hbTBG1xgE/X1tjntZ4U7I/AAAAAAAAGPI/ALmWN6mFSTUOnydIoX0-O-doiY9X7UYeACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/euripedes-nothing-is-hopeless-we-must-hope-for-everything.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)