There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves. Charles de Lint More Quotes by Charles de Lint More Quotes From Charles de Lint It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are Charles de Lint braidsstoriestogether The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. Charles de Lint paperwritingremember Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm. Charles de Lint carbrokenheart It reminded me of that tongue-in-cheek quick history of art I'd overheard...Used to be people couldn't draw very well, then they could, and now they can't again. Charles de Lint tonguepeopleart The trouble with magic is that there's too much it just can't fix. When things go wrong, glimpsing junkyard faerie and crows that can turn into girls and back again doesn't help much. The useful magic's never at hand. The three wishes and the genies in bottles, seven-league boots, invisible cloaks and all. They stay in the stories, while out here in the wide world we have to muddle through as best we can on our own. Charles de Lint girlleaguehands Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives. Charles de Lint dull-lifestupidpeople The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter. Charles de Lint catmemoriespast If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? Charles de Lint readydiesifs I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times. Charles de Lint chinesethriveinteresting A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory individuals we are can be called up complete and whole in another mind through the simple sorcery of a name. Charles de Lint magicsimplenames I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? Charles de Lint madgeniusthinking There were two forests for every one you entered. There was the one you walked in, the physical echo, and then there was the one that was connected to all the other forests, with no consideration of distance, or time. The forest primeval, remembered through the collective memory of every tree in the same way that people remembered myth- through the collective subconscious that Jung mapped, the shared mythic resonance that lay buried in every human mind. Legend and myth, all tangled in an alphabet of trees remembered, not always with understanding, but with wonder. With awe. Charles de Lint collective-memorydistancememories I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never held unkind thoughts? The stranger's observation was valid. No one was innocent of darkness. Charles de Lint innocentstrangerdarkness [She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one. Charles de Lint recognizingnew-friendsmeetings People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach a painting in such a manner, they are belittling both the artist’s work and their own ability to experience it. Each painting I do says everything I want to say on its subject and in terms of that painting, and not all the trivia in the world concerning my private life will give the viewer more insight into it than what hangs there before their eyes. Frankly, as far as I’m concerned, even titling a work is an unnecessary concession. Charles de Lint eyeartthinking Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of - heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a utilization of the more obscure abilities of our minds. Nothing that science can't explain away. Wizardry is spells and enchantments. Fairy tales. Charles de Lint wizardryempathymind Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place. Charles de Lint one-dayrabbitslying It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now. Charles de Lint importantpersonsknows 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 mysteryfunworld I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is Charles de Lint cuttingpeoplethinking
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