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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“She shrugged. Everybody makes the same mistake. Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody… — Charles de Lint 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 Copy Share Image
There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I can’t imagine it now, but I must’ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don’t just get itself… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“People who’ve never read fairy tales, the professor said, have a harder time coping in life than the people who have. They… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
From the first time he’d met her, he’d sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but… — 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
A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“What if time's not linear, the way people think it is? What if the past, present and future are all going on… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. — Charles de Lint 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 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 you run… — Charles de Lint 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 of the… — Charles de Lint 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 have the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. — Charles de Lint 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 to the… — Charles de Lint 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 can't have;… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
