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The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
Charles de Lint
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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
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Samuel M. Key
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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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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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All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.
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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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I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?
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If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it.
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Books and music saved me as a teenager because it was through them that I realized that I wasn't alone in my obsessive love for words and music.
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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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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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You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.
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The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next.
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I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs. And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write 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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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.
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It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
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