Charles de Lint Quotes
"Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Word)
"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
(Related: Men, Churches, Glory, World, Worship)
"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
(Related: End, Road)
"There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale."
- Charles de Lint
"The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can."
- Charles de Lint
"The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Goal, Leading, Road)
"The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Children, Parents)
"The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Sight, Wonders, World)
"The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Sight, Wonders, World)
"Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?"
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Life)
"Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Quiet, Wonders, World)
"One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Change, Inspiration, Growth, World)
"Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are."
- Charles de Lint
"Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Life, Work, Art, Meaning)
"It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Fun, World)
"If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?"
- Charles de Lint
"I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times."
- Charles de Lint
"I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Heart, Smile, Want, World)
"I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?"
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Genius, Being)
"A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: Time, People)
"As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary."
- Charles de Lint
(Related: People, Difference, Fact, Fiction)
"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
(Related: Music, Heart, First, Mind)