"I don't think the world works on merit." — Charles de Lint

"I don't think the world works on merit."

— Charles de Lint

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189 Quotes by Charles de Lint

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An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space…
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.
The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a…
What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know…
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

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