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One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
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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I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what if all these words are crap?). If you're too confident, you get an attitude that seeps through into your writing, affecting the characters and the story. If you're too uncertain, you'll never finish anything.
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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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I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never held unkind thoughts? The stranger's observation was valid. No one was innocent of darkness.
Charles de Lint
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.
Charles de Lint
I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other.
Charles de Lint
The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
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You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
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All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.
Charles de Lint
It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.
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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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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
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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.
Charles de Lint
I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again.
Charles de Lint
[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.
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The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
Charles de Lint
Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.
Charles de Lint
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
Charles de Lint
Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.
Charles de Lint
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.
Charles de Lint
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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