World Quotes by Charles de Lint

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

— Charles de Lint

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

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I don't think the world works on merit.

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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

“All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began.”

— Charles de Lint

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the…

— Charles de Lint

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its…

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The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

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What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.

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Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that…

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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

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It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in…

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I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people…

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“I watched the people passing below, each of them a story, each story part of somebody else's, all of it connected to…

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I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be…

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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…

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When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume…

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Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat…

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Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever…

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The trouble with magic is that there's too much it just can't fix. When things go wrong, glimpsing junkyard faerie and crows…

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People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach…

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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…

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I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in…

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I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our…

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The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is…

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It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories…

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I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but…

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It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit…

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Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up…

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I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

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Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

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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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I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it.…

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Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she…

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I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how…

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Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and…

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As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn…

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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

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