The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. Charles de Lint More Quotes by Charles de Lint More Quotes From Charles de Lint Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can. Charles de Lint wisdom wise thinking The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. Charles de Lint real life thinking The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. Charles de Lint magic kindness life I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but many, thousands upon thousands of them--as many as there are people--because each person perceives the world in his or her own way; each lives in his or her own world. Sometimes they connect, for a moment, or more rarely, for a lifetime, but mostly we are alone, each living in our own world, suffering our small deaths. Charles de Lint world-suffering people thinking Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused - hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition. Charles de Lint our-world lying moving Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense of rightness- the sense that you had brought to life something that could live beyond your sphere of being, that held in it far more potential than you ever realized you were imbuing in the work? Charles de Lint artwork spheres remember There's never an easy route to the things that matter. Charles de Lint easy-route routes matter 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 apples religious mistake 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 insecure stronger men The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. Charles de Lint two mean art The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. Charles de Lint parenting funny children There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all. Charles de Lint competition mean 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 differences people fiction Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences and nuisances, when they're not treating them as possessions or toys. Charles de Lint inspirational kids children The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. Charles de Lint goal doe inspirational ... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away. Charles de Lint dream memories watches When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten. Charles de Lint elements attention character I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world is turning into a darker and stranger place than any of us could want. This is the only thing I do that has potential to shine a little further than my immediate surroundings. For me, each story is a little candle held up to the dark of night, trying to illuminate the hope for a better world where we all respect and care for each other. Charles de Lint dark night years I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. Charles de Lint smile laughter happiness 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 iron wall heart
