"It may sound trite, but using the weapons……" — Charles de Lint
"It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy."
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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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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have…
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their…
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a…
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
— Francis Bacon
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to…
— Douglas Bader
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
— James A. Baldwin
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
— Arthur Balfour
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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue,…
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