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Charles De Lint quotes: Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are. Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.
Charles De Lint quotes: She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she'd open it wide and let him in. She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she'd open it wide and let him in.
Charles De Lint quotes: When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different. When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different.
Charles De Lint quotes: I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them. I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.
Charles De Lint quotes: Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
Charles De Lint quotes: There's more to life than just surviving ... but ... sometimes just surviving is all you get There's more to life than just surviving ... but ... sometimes just surviving is all you get
Charles De Lint quotes: That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.
Charles De Lint quotes: Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes. Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.
Charles De Lint quotes: All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom. All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.
Charles De Lint quotes: All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began. All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began.
Charles De Lint quotes: The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
Charles De Lint quotes: The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me. The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me.
Charles De Lint quotes: By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.
Charles De Lint quotes: Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell. Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.
Charles De Lint quotes: The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.
Charles De Lint quotes: Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.
Charles De Lint quotes: It's not something you can prove ... I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't. It's not something you can prove ... I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.
Charles De Lint quotes: Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need. Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need.
Charles De Lint quotes: Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.
Charles De Lint quotes: Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.
Charles De Lint quotes: [She] had felt straight away that she wasn't meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one. [She] had felt straight away that she wasn't meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.
Charles De Lint quotes: The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear. The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
Charles De Lint quotes: You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language. You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language.
Charles De Lint quotes: Tattoos ... are the stories in your heart, written on your skin. Tattoos ... are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.
Charles De Lint quotes: The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something. The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.
Charles De Lint quotes: There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing. There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.
Charles De Lint quotes: Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are
Charles De Lint quotes: There was too much going on here too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird. There was too much going on here
too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird.
Charles De Lint quotes: Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell. Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
Charles De Lint quotes: Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
Charles De Lint quotes: Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?
Charles De Lint quotes: It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture. It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
Charles De Lint quotes: We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom. We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom.
Charles De Lint quotes: I don't think the world works on merit. I don't think the world works on merit.
Charles De Lint quotes: If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?
Charles De Lint quotes: You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow. You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
Charles De Lint quotes: The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next.
Charles De Lint quotes: What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home. What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home.
Charles De Lint quotes: The best artists know what to leave out. The best artists know what to leave out.
Charles De Lint quotes: I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times. I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.
Charles De Lint quotes: Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.
Charles De Lint quotes: It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun. It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.
Charles De Lint quotes: We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss. We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
Charles De Lint quotes: You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman. You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.
Charles De Lint quotes: I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story. I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.
Charles De Lint quotes: Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music. Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music.
Charles De Lint quotes: Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes.
Charles De Lint quotes: One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
Charles De Lint quotes: It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now. It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now.
Charles De Lint quotes: I don't know what's waiting for us when we diesomething better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out yet. I don't know what's waiting for us when we die
something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out yet.
Charles De Lint quotes: Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
Charles De Lint quotes: living in an environment I can't control doesn't scare me. I'm partial to the surprises. living in an environment I can't control doesn't scare me. I'm partial to the surprises.
Charles De Lint quotes: I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?
Charles De Lint quotes: Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
Charles De Lint quotes: Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn. Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.
Charles De Lint quotes: There's never an easy route to the things that matter. There's never an easy route to the things that matter.
Charles De Lint quotes: T.H. moved through the forest like the melody of a well-known song, in perfect harmony with his surroundings. T.H. moved through the forest like the melody of a well-known song, in perfect harmony with his surroundings.
Charles De Lint quotes: It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.
Charles De Lint quotes: I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other. I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other.
Charles De Lint quotes: It was all cheese and applause. It was all cheese and applause.
Charles De Lint quotes: You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well. You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well.
Charles De Lint quotes: I can't imagine it now, but I must've been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don't just get itself born bad, do it? I can't imagine it now, but I must've been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don't just get itself born bad, do it?
Charles De Lint quotes: Everybody's got a true home - maybe not where they're living, butwhere their heart lives. Everybody's got a true home - maybe not where they're living, but
where their heart lives.
Charles De Lint quotes: The more she tried to recapture the impulse that had set her wanting to put pen to paper, the less it seemed to have ever existed in the first place. The more she tried to recapture the impulse that had set her wanting to put pen to paper, the less it seemed to have ever existed in the first place.
Charles De Lint quotes: In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle. In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
Charles De Lint quotes: The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
Charles De Lint quotes: Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are. Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.
Charles De Lint quotes: Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives. Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.
Charles De Lint quotes: The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
Charles De Lint quotes: There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves. There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.
Charles De Lint quotes: I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is
Charles De Lint quotes: It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are
Charles De Lint quotes: What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.
Charles De Lint quotes: The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
Charles De Lint quotes: Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place. Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.
Charles De Lint quotes: The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.
Charles De Lint quotes: I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again. I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again.
Charles De Lint quotes: I've always been interested in the outsider. I've always been interested in the outsider.
Charles De Lint quotes: Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference. Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
Charles De Lint quotes: There's no such thing as fiction", Annie told him once. "If you can imagine something, then it's happened. There's no such thing as fiction", Annie told him once. "If you can imagine something, then it's happened.
Charles De Lint quotes: There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back. There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
Charles De Lint quotes: Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is.
Charles De Lint quotes: Under the skin, intense fires burn. Under the skin, intense fires burn.
Charles De Lint quotes: Though the three of them were unrelated by blood, they were sisters all the same. In the heart, where it mattered. Though the three of them were unrelated by blood, they were sisters all the same. In the heart, where it mattered.
Charles De Lint quotes: The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter. The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.
Charles De Lint quotes: I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.
Charles De Lint quotes: You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself. You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself.
Charles De Lint quotes: One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
Charles De Lint quotes: My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped into my own. My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped into my own.
Charles De Lint quotes: There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all. There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all.
Charles De Lint quotes: It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer. It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer.
Charles De Lint quotes: When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it. When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.
Charles De Lint quotes: It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn. It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn.
Charles De Lint quotes: There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
Charles De Lint quotes: Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing. Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.
Charles De Lint quotes: Everything, everybody wanted to lay claim to a piece of your soul. And if they couldn't have it, they made you pay for it in guilt. Everything, everybody wanted to lay claim to a piece of your soul. And if they couldn't have it, they made you pay for it in guilt.
Charles De Lint quotes: You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows. You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.
Charles De Lint quotes: As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary. As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.
Charles De Lint quotes: I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there. I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.

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