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Charles De Lint Quotes: "It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses."

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are"

It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are




Charles De Lint Quotes: "You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow."

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind."

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.




Charles De Lint Quotes: "I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times."

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it."

Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell."

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.




Charles De Lint Quotes: "There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing."

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things."

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in."

We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home."

What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back."

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.




Charles De Lint Quotes: "When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it."

When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors."

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get"

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel."

The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss."

We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing."

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 Quotes: "Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?"

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning."

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it."

If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile."

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses."

The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "There's never an easy route to the things that matter."

There's never an easy route to the things that matter.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it."

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back."

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them."

The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better."

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale."

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?"

If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music."

Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The best artists know what to leave out."

The best artists know what to leave out.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin."

Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows."

You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are."

Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need."

Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way for a woman. We celebrate strength--in our partners as well as in ourselves."

The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way for a woman. We celebrate strength--in our partners as well as in ourselves.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren't necessary."

The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren't necessary.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?"

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are."

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on."

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "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 the bloodlines go back to that one old mama in Africa."

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 the bloodlines go back to that one old mama in Africa.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn."

It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me."

The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can."

Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "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."

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.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "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 seriously as well."

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 seriously as well.



Charles De Lint Quotes: "You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language."

You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language.