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> [Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense of rightness- the sense that you had brought to life something that could live beyond your sphere of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/can-you-remember-how-you-felt-when-you-were-communicating-through/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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## More by Charles de Lint

> [The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/the-family-we-choose-for-ourselves-is-more-important-than-the-one-we/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/every-time-you-do-a-good-deed-you-shine-the-light-a-little-farther/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/the-road-leading-to-a-goal-does-not-separate-you-from-the-destination/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/maybe-she-couldn-t-go-maybe-she-wanted-him-to-stay-but-she-knew/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/the-magic-in-this-world-seems-to-work-in-whispers-and-small-kindnesses/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/you-can-take-the-woman-outta-the-trash-but-you-can-t-take-the-trash/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/you-hear-this-kind-of-thing-rednecks-and-their-guys-and-don-t-call/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/fortune-telling-doesn-t-reveal-the-future-it-mirrors-the-present-it/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/when-you-re-touched-by-magic-nothing-s-ever-quite-the-same-again-what/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/there-are-few-joys-to-compare-with-the-telling-of-a-well-told-tale/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/how-hard-would-it-be-to-ask-children-what-they-see-in-their-heads-how/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [... 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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/we-chase-after-ghosts-and-spirits-and-are-left-holding-only-memories/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/writing-music-uses-a-whole-different-process-that-involves-a-lot-of/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/the-real-problem-is-people-think-life-is-a-ladder-and-it-s-really-a/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

> [Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/tattoos-are-the-stories-in-your-heart-written-on-your-skin/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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