Madeleine L'Engle Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007
Birthday: November 29
Death: September 6
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he did any of these things. That isn't the way people write.' I believe this as strongly now as I did then. Most of what is best in writing isn't done deliberately.
source: Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.130, Open Road Media
topic: Believe, Writing, Character, Chaucer, Final Exams
