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

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Going
Much
Way
Strayed
Odd
Weird
Seriously

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A body of work may be reviled - mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings - and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.
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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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It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
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As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn language properly, right from the beginning, but art is treated as a gift of innate genius, something we either have or 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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I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again.
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Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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Let me give you some advice: Try to approach things without preconceived ideas, without supposing you already know everything there is to know about them. Get that trick down and you'll be surprised at what's really all around you.
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You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
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Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.
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I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.
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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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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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... 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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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.
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All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.
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