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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

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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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The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
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One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
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You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All the bloodlines go back to that one old mama in Africa.
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I don't know what's waiting for us when we die--something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out yet.
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