How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison… — Charles de Lint Anatomy Copy Share Image
“But if I could just get som ehint, some sign..." Conchita smiles, without humor, but with great affection. "That's the point behind… — Charles de Lint Faith Copy Share Image
The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters… — Charles de Lint Book 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 Belief Copy Share Image
I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but… — Charles de Lint Careers Copy Share Image
Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist.… — Charles de Lint Artist Copy Share Image
Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need. — Charles de Lint Expect Copy Share Image
When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as… — Charles de Lint Done Copy Share Image
There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get — Charles de Lint Life Copy Share Image
“The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.” — Charles de Lint Dragged Copy Share Image
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. — Charles de Lint Fairy Copy Share Image
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn. — Charles de Lint Believe Copy Share Image
Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. — Charles de Lint Health Copy Share Image
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. — Charles de Lint Enemy Copy Share Image
The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. — Charles de Lint First place Copy Share Image
I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her… — Charles de Lint Boxes Copy Share Image
Let me give you some advice: Try to approach things without preconceived ideas, without supposing you already know everything there is to… — Charles de Lint Advice Copy Share Image
“Have you ever noticed' I said 'how everyone says they want to be different, but as soon as they meet someone who… — Charles De Lint Charles-de-lint Copy Share Image
A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the… — Charles de Lint Contradictory Copy Share Image
But that's what we all are-just stories. We only exist by how people remember us, by the stories we make of our… — Charles de Lint Exist Copy Share Image
... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how… — Charles de Lint Beauty 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 Book 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 Bunch 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 Analogies 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 Air 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 Able Copy Share Image
I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And… — Charles de Lint Forget 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 Connected 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 Back again Copy Share Image
“He had too much cat in his blood - a deep-rooted feline twitch that would travel the length of his nerves to… — Charles de Lint Psychology Copy Share Image
Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense… — Charles de Lint Artist 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 Ache Copy Share Image
“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more.… — Charles de Lint Men and women Copy Share Image
“Time had ceased to feel linear. She looked up through the crisscrossing branches, thick with buds, into the night sky. The stars… — Charles de Lint Night sky Copy Share Image
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. — Charles de Lint Good Copy Share Image
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better. — Charles de Lint Feeling better Copy Share Image
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. — Charles de Lint Child Copy Share Image
