A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarge…

Madeleine L'Engle
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A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry of affirmation to the power of Creation behind the Universe. ✨ Madeleine L'Engle (2016). A Circle of Quiet, p.89, Open Road Media
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