The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. Charles de Lint More Quotes by Charles de Lint More Quotes From Charles de Lint Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. Charles de Lint healthy mind wonder She knew this music--knew it down to the very core of her being--but she had never heard it before. Unfamiliar, it had still always been there inside her, waiting to be woken. It grew from the core of mystery that gives a secret its special delight, religion its awe. It demanded to be accepted by simple faith, not dissected or questioned, and at the same time, it begged to be doubted and probed. Charles de Lint simple waiting giving 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 accountability choices Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. Charles de Lint witchery wizardry capable Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Charles de Lint mystery would-be dull The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. Charles de Lint fey sight world It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was science or a fairy tale. Electricity and elves were both infinitely mysterious and equally possible - elves probably more so. Charles de Lint magic love believe There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. Charles de Lint compare tales joy You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman. Charles de Lint trash We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea of a tree, instead of appreciating the actual trees in front of us. Charles de Lint appreciate life ideas Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. Charles de Lint blue night lying There was too much going on here -- too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird. Charles de Lint odd too-much way Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself. Charles de Lint giving-up spiritual long 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 invisible magic stills You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows. Charles de Lint hiding shadow night 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 skins lying needs 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 light inspiration dark 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 spirituality done travel Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need. Charles de Lint magic needs 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 real dark men
