“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 Failure Copy Share Image
I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is — Charles de Lint Cutting Copy Share Image
Thing is, while I know better, I like sounding ignorant. Talk like this and people figure you're about as dumb as a… — Charles de Lint Advantage Copy Share Image
“Thing that people forget is, we all die, right? We all die and no matter what we do, the universe is going… — Charles de Lint Without u Copy Share Image
Compromise is necessary ... so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have… — Charles de Lint Compromise Copy Share Image
“I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk… — Charles de Lint Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“Nothing strikes me as truly weird,” Jilly told him. “There’s only stuff I haven’t figured out yet.” — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never… — Charles de Lint Bad person Copy Share Image
“I do know that the gardens of the first lands are still lying there, right under the skin of the world- pulsing… — Charles de Lint Dreams Copy Share Image
“Not only do we all have magic, it's all around us as well. We just don't pay attention to it. Every time… — Charles de Lint Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
I don't know what's waiting for us when we die--something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out… — Charles de Lint Death 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 Lying Copy Share Image
It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was… — Charles de Lint Believe Copy Share Image
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its… — Charles de Lint Dark Copy Share Image
The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next. — Charles de Lint Each day Copy Share Image
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. — Charles de Lint Way Copy Share Image
Life's an act of magic, too. Claire Hamill sings a line in one of her songs that really sums it up for… — Charles de Lint Alleys Copy Share Image
“In one form or another, it was one of the first implements created by ancient people to give voice to the mysteries… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really… — Charles de Lint Mean Copy Share Image
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. — Charles de Lint Identity Copy Share Image
All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom. — Charles de Lint Crosses Copy Share Image
That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. — Charles De Lint Invisible Copy Share Image
I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our… — Charles de Lint Attention Copy Share Image
Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. — Charles de Lint Blue Copy Share Image
