The thing with pretending you’re in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
More quotes from Charles de Lint
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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