"I hate the thought of her being forced……" — Charles de Lint
"I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled."
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Charles de Lint
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189 Quotes by Charles de Lint
Charles de Lint has 189 quotes on this site.
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An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space…
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
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We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.
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The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
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The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a…
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What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know…
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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
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Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
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There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
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O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because…
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it.
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Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees…
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Romantic poetry and fiction of the last 2000 years has blinded us to the fact that emotions are a low…
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Scientists have reaped rich rewards, they have sat high in government councils and have been blinded by the attractiveness of…
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The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but…
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In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor…
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I think if you want to eat more meat you should kill it yourself and eat it raw so that…
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Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like…
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But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation…
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I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty…
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