I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Beauty isn't what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It's a lot deeper and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and… — 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
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to… — 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
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“I watched the people passing below, each of them a story, each story part of somebody else's, all of it connected to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began.” — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The trouble with magic is that there's too much it just can't fix. When things go wrong, glimpsing junkyard faerie and crows… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. — 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
