From A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

[asthenos]

"Finxerunt animi, faro et perpauca loquentis," Mrs. Who intoned. "Horace. To action little, less to words inclined

Comments

[lushlush]

1. I post quotes when they reflect sentiments I already have beautifully and succinctly. Why reinvent the wheel?

2. I re-read A Wrinkle In Time (and some other childhood faves) a couple of months ago. What a beautiful book. Ngayon ko lang na-realize na allegorical pala sya!

[asthenos]

1. Exactly.

2. I'll sound abonimably stupid saying this, but I never thought of the book as allegorical until you mentioned it.