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It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
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The best artists know what to leave out.
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There's never an easy route to the things that matter.
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It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
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Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
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Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
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I was a misfit, but I think most teenagers feel that way. I don't care if you were a popular jock or the kid who spent his lunch hours in a stairwell reading a book, we all seem to have dealt with insecurities of one kind or another throughout our high school years.
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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
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One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
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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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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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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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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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You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well.
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The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next.
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Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.
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Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.
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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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The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.
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I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.
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