“The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.” — Charles de Lint 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
Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is. — Charles de Lint 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
Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves. — Charles de Lint Lying Copy Share Image
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? — 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 Attention 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 Copy Share Image
It reminded me of that tongue-in-cheek quick history of art I'd overheard...Used to be people couldn't draw very well, then they could,… — Charles de Lint Art 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 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
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
Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever… — Charles de Lint Beauty 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… — Charles de Lint Darkness Copy Share Image
I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for 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… — Charles de Lint Making friends 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
“Sometimes we wonder what it's like to feel normal," Maida said. "You know, like all the people you see out on the… — 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 Book 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 Copy Share Image
I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in… — 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
It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories… — Charles de Lint Access 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 Copy Share Image
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. — Charles de Lint 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 problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. — 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
Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. — Charles de Lint Health 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 Copy Share Image
Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin. — Charles de Lint Heart Copy Share Image
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn. — Charles de Lint 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
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
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
