that spontaneous quality of aliveness . . .
Madeleine L'Engle remembers her great-grandmother and namesake
in The Summer of the Great-Grandmother:
in The Summer of the Great-Grandmother:
"She had that spontaneous quality of aliveness
which illuminates people who have already done a lot of their dying,
and I think I am beginning to understand the truth of that."
I think I am beginning to understand the truth of that, too.
which illuminates people who have already done a lot of their dying,
and I think I am beginning to understand the truth of that."
I think I am beginning to understand the truth of that, too.