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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
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
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Honor
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The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
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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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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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The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.
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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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