Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? — Charles de Lint Left Copy Share Image
What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. — Charles de Lint Lying Copy Share Image
Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. — Charles de Lint Different Copy Share Image
The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. — Charles de Lint Each day Copy Share Image
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. — Charles de Lint Agreed Copy Share Image
Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference. — Charles de Lint Certain Copy Share Image
Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. — Charles de Lint Blue Copy Share Image
Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin. — Charles de Lint Heart Copy Share Image
You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All… — Charles de Lint Asian Copy Share Image
Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out… — Charles de Lint Darkness 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 Beauty Copy Share Image
It reminded me of that tongue-in-cheek quick history of art I'd overheard...Used to be people couldn't draw very well, then they could,… — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to… — Charles de Lint Attention Copy Share Image
“I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk… — Charles de Lint Fairy Copy Share Image
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and… — Charles de Lint Adults Copy Share Image
Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my… — Charles de Lint Book Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we wonder what it's like to feel normal," Maida said. "You know, like all the people you see out on the… — Charles de Lint Boring Copy Share Image
“Maybe she couldn’t go. Maybe she wanted him to stay. But she knew enough not to try to hold him back if… — Charles de Lint Making friends 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 Bits Copy Share Image
Life's an act of magic, too. Claire Hamill sings a line in one of her songs that really sums it up for… — Charles de Lint Alleys Copy Share Image
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I… — Charles de Lint Believe Copy Share Image
“You hear this kind of thing, rednecks and their guys and--" "Don't call them that," I say. "They're just assholes. Most people… — Charles de Lint Assholes 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 Friendship 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 Attention 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 Attention 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 Ability Copy Share Image
“The lonesome dark. That's what Jack called a night like this. When you were distanced from everything and everybody. Out on your… — Charles de Lint Better place Copy Share Image
There were two forests for every one you entered. There was the one you walked in, the physical echo, and then there… — Charles de Lint Alphabet Copy Share Image
“Not only do we all have magic, it's all around us as well. We just don't pay attention to it. Every time… — Charles de Lint Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
“All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom. I devoured those books… — Charles de Lint Coming home Copy Share Image
“Having to amuse myself during those earlier years, I read voraciously and widely. Mythic matter and folklore made up much of that… — Charles de Lint Book review Copy Share Image
All forests have their own personality. I don't just mean the obvious differences, like how an English woodland is different from a… — Charles de Lint Acres Copy Share Image
