"Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs. Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now."
“Any observer would have to say that Christianity is fashionable at present in the United States. This might be a good thing, except that the observer, observing more closely, would have to conclude that, to the extent that Christianity is fashionable, it is loosely fashionable. It seems to have remarkably little to do with the things that Jesus Christ actually taught.
Especially among Christians in positions of great wealth and power, the idea of reading the gospels and keeping Jesus‘s commandments, as stated therein has been replaced by a curious process of logic. According to this process, people first declare themselves to be followers of Christ, and then they assume that whatever they say or do merits the adjective ‘Christian.’”
“Anyone who claims that I am a dreamer who expects to transform hell into heaven is wrong. I have few illusions, but I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good and right. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to change certain things for the better, or not at all. Both outcomes are possible. There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
"Poverty is not a fate, it is a condition; It is not a misfortune, it is an injustice."
“When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way, critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominant culture.”
“Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.”
“All I maintain is that there are pestilences and there are victims, and it’s up to us, so far as possible, not to join forces with pestilences.”
"The church does not seem to realize how unethical a conventionally respectable life may be."