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There's never an easy route to the things that matter.

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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Matter
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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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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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The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination it is essentially a part of it.
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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 don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That's what I'm doing except I'm just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do.
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In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
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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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I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't 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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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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We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.
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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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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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The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
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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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I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose?
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You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well.
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But that's what we all are-just stories. We only exist by how people remember us, by the stories we make of our lives. Without the stories, we'd just fade away.
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It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
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Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes.
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