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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: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Work
Life
World
Kindnesses
Whispers
Kindness
Magic
Small
Seems

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The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.
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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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[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.
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You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
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I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.
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Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are.
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In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
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As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did want to get close to people, I really did want to know them. It was just easier to do it on paper, one step removed.
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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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It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
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