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Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.

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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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Don't start brooding about that, too, she says. Everybody's got a piece of stranger inside them. It's what lets us surprise ourselves and keeps things interesting. -Lupita
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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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Thing is, while I know better, I like sounding ignorant. Talk like this and people figure you're about as dumb as a fencepost, which suits me fine. Makes it all that much easier to take advantage of 'em.
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I don't think the world works on merit.
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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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I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.
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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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I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?
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By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.
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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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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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The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
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Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it, I’m listening to it. With my writing... sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something I’m working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood.
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Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever be snared in language or music. And with the sight.
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What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.
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In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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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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When you're touched by magic, nothing's ever quite the same again. What really makes me sad is all those people who never have the chance to know that touch. They're too busy, or they just don't hold with make-believe, so they shut the door without really knowing it was there to be opened in the first place.
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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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