Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. — Charles de Lint Destination 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 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
Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to… — Charles de Lint Ability Copy Share Image
We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but… — Charles de Lint Death Copy Share Image
The moon likes secrets," Meran said. "And secret things. She lets mysteries bleed into her shadows and leaves us to ask whether… — Charles de Lint Imagination Copy Share Image
There isn't a single day I don't do some writing -- if you don't, you won't have a book. When you're self-employed… — Charles de Lint Book Copy Share Image
Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much… — Charles de Lint 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
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 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
Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding… — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become… — Charles de Lint Art Copy Share Image
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I… — Charles de Lint Book Copy Share Image
I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“There's nothing wrong with a youthful prospective. Don't forget- no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one… — Charles de Lint 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 Copy Share Image
My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I… — Charles de Lint Character Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
A body of work may be reviled -- mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings -- and yet still… — Charles de Lint Body Copy Share Image
You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it… — Charles de Lint Adventure Copy Share Image
Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a farmer, a… — Charles de Lint Beautiful Copy Share Image
“There was nothing wrong with being a homebody. There was nothing wrong with not wanting - not needing - the constant jostle… — Charles de Lint Home Copy Share Image
Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first… — Charles de Lint Cold Copy Share Image
“Faerie music is the wind", he says, "and their movement is the play of shadow cast by moonlight, or starlight, or no… — Charles de Lint Faerie Copy Share Image
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big… — Charles de Lint Apples 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
“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 Ancient Copy Share Image
As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn… — Charles de Lint Art 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
“Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
