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 Hate Copy Share Image
You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman. — Charles de Lint Funny Copy Share Image
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. — Charles de Lint Destination Copy Share Image
The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. — Charles de Lint Kindness Copy Share Image
Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. — Charles de Lint Fool Copy Share Image
The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter. — Charles de Lint Alley cats Copy Share Image
It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are — Charles de Lint Braids Copy Share Image
It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the… — Charles de Lint Answers Copy Share Image
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… — Charles de Lint Excuse Copy Share Image
My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I… — Charles de Lint Character Copy Share Image
There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big… — Charles de Lint Apples 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 Mess Copy Share Image
“They have alls these laws and social boundaries to keep the worst of them in check. The problem is, villains and bullies… — Charles de Lint Bullying Copy Share Image
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal… — Charles de Lint Character Copy Share Image
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when… — Charles de Lint Dark 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… — Charles de Lint Biology Copy Share Image
How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison… — Charles de Lint Anatomy Copy Share Image
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become… — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
When you're touched by magic, nothing's ever quite the same again. What really makes me sad is all those people who never… — Charles de Lint Believe 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 Hands 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
“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'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
“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
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
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
Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin. — Charles de Lint Heart Copy Share Image
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. — Charles de Lint Compare Copy Share Image
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. — Charles de Lint Ladders 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
What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. — Charles de Lint Lying Copy Share Image
... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we… — Charles de Lint Dream 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
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
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
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
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
When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different. — Charles de Lint Different Copy Share Image
