Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
There was too much going on here -- too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way for a woman.… — Charles de Lint 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 Copy Share Image
There's stories and then there's stories. The ones with any worth change your life forever, perhaps only in a small way, but… — 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
Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a… — Charles de Lint 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 Copy Share Image
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Everything has a spirit and it's all connected. If you think about that, if you live your life by it, then you're… — Charles de Lint 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 Copy Share Image
Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I was a misfit, but I think most teenagers feel that way. I don't care if you were a popular jock or… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I write on a computer, but I've run the complete gambit. When I was very young, I wrote with a ballpoint pen… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I envy the music lovers hear. I see them walking hand in hand, standing close to each other in a queue at… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The best change you can make is to hold up a mirror so that people can look into it and change themselves.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much… — 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
