I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
It's not something you can prove…I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't. — Charles de Lint Hate Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as fiction", Annie told him once. "If you can imagine something, then it's happened.” — Charles de Lint Fiction Copy Share Image
It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one. — Charles de Lint Friendship Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell. — Charles de Lint Fairy Copy Share Image
“living in an environment I can't control doesn't scare me. I'm partial to the surprises.” — Charles de Lint Environment 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 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
The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether… — Charles de Lint Books 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
“Myslela jsem si, že se to stává, když je člověk starý." Denzil se zakuckal. "A ty jsi poměrně stará, myslím. Sedmnáct, není-liž… — Charles de Lint Astronomy Copy Share Image
You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All… — Charles de Lint Asian 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 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
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
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 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
“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
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
Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. — Charles de Lint Change Copy Share Image
That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. — Charles de Lint Inspirational 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
The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them. — Charles de Lint Character Copy Share Image
Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“We are wise women," Abuela liked to say. "Not because we are wise, but because we seek wisdom.” — Charles de Lint Knowledge Copy Share Image
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. — Charles De Lint 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
It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit… — Charles de Lint Fun Copy Share Image
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. — Charles de Lint Enlarging Copy Share Image
There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves. — Charles de Lint Future 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 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 Funny Copy Share Image
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