Madeleine L'Engle quote: In art, either as creators or participators, we are helped to remember some of the glorious things we have forgotten, ...

In art, either as creators or participators, we are helped to remember some of the glorious things we have forgotten, and some of the terrible things we were asked to endure...

~ Madeleine L'Engle ~

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