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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
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Witchery
Wizardry
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It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.
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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.
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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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How hard would it be to ask children what they see in their heads? How big should the house be in comparison to the family standing in front of it? What is it about the anatomy of the people that doesn't look right? Then let them try it again. Teach them to learn how to see and ask questions.
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Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
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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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We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but for a time. It's a kind of immortality, I suppose, bounded by limits, it's true, but then so's everything.
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I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what if all these words are crap?). If you're too confident, you get an attitude that seeps through into your writing, affecting the characters and the story. If you're too uncertain, you'll never finish anything.
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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.
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In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
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One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
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I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.
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She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she'd open it wide and let him in.
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The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
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