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There was too much going on here -- too much that strayed from odd all the way over into seriously weird.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Going
Much
Way
Strayed
Odd
Weird
Seriously

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You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
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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.
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Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.
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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.
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The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next.
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I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.
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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.
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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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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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One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
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We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking for the idea of a tree, instead of appreciating the actual trees in front of us.
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Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.
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The best artists know what to leave out.
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The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.
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[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.
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It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn.
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By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.
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In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
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... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how small or large it might be, was a perfect example of what it was.
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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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