My professor shared this quote from Madeleine L’Engle this week, and I thought I would pass it on to you. It reflects my view of the written word, education, and literature so perfectly. I hope you are encouraged in your creative pursuit by these words.
“The more limited our language is, the more limited we are; the more limited the literature we give to our children, the more limited their capacity to respond, and therefore, in their turn, to create. The more our vocabulary is controlled, the less we will be able to think for ourselves We do think in words, and the fewer the words we know, the more restricted our thoughts. One of my favorite authors, Anon, wrote, centuries ago:
‘The written word
Should be clean as a bone,
Clear as light,
Firm as stone.
Two words are not
As good as one.’” (L’Engle 148-49)
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