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About the Charles de Lint
Charles de Lintis a Canadian writer.
Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has composed works of urban fantasy, contemporary magical realism, and mythic fiction. Along with authors like Terri Windling, Emma Bull, and John Crowley, de Lint during the 1980s pioneered and popularized the subgenre of urban fantasy. He writes novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, and lyrics. His most famous works include: the Newford series of books (Dreams Underfoot, Widdershins, The Blue Girl, The Onion Girl, Moonlight and Vines, Someplace to be Flying, etc.), as well as Moonheart, The Mystery of Grace, The Painted Boy and A Circle of Cats (children’s book illustrated by Charles Vess). His distinctive style of fantasy uses American folklore and European folklore; de Lint was influenced by many authors of mythology, folklore, and science fiction, including J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord Dunsany, William Morris, Mervyn Peake, James Branch Cabell, and E. R. Eddison. Some of his mythic fiction poetry can be found online on the Endicott Studio website.
As an essayist/critic/folklorist he writes book reviews for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, has judged several literary awards, and has been a writer-in-residence for two public libraries.
23 Quotes by Charles de Lint
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Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
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Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?
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Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.
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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
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There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
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The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.
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If you’re not ready to die, then how can you live?
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The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
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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.
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The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
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I think you’re all mad. But that’s part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn’t it?
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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.
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Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
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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.
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As far as I’m concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.
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The thing with pretending you’re in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
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Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
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The best artists know what to leave out.
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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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.
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I’m not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.
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I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.
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