The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began.” — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“I watched the people passing below, each of them a story, each story part of somebody else's, all of it connected to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The trouble with magic is that there's too much it just can't fix. When things go wrong, glimpsing junkyard faerie and crows… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Beauty isn't what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It's a lot deeper and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. — Charles de Lint Copy Share
“Maybe she couldn’t go. Maybe she wanted him to stay. But she knew enough not to try to hold him back if he had… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman. — Charles de Lint Copy Share
“You hear this kind of thing, rednecks and their guys and--" "Don't call them that," I say. "They're just assholes. Most people you run… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
When you're touched by magic, nothing's ever quite the same again. What really makes me sad is all those people who never have the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have;… — Charles de Lint Copy Share
Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. — Charles de Lint Copy Share
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. — Charles de Lint Copy Share
