Storytelling Quotes by Charles de Lint

10 Storytelling quotes by Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint offers ten short insights into Storytelling, each reflecting his blend of folklore and contemporary life. Though the list is brief, the quotes capture the heart of his approach to weaving myth into modern narratives.

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There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

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We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

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It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are

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“I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk…

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I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but…

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Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to…

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“Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree. The tale, she understood, did not so…

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“People who’ve never read fairy tales, the professor said, have a harder time coping in life than the people who have. They…

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“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more.…

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There were two forests for every one you entered. There was the one you walked in, the physical echo, and then there…

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The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

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The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

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You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.

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“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…

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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…

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