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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
Musician
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Samuel M. Key
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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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[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.
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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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