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Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm.
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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The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me.
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The stronger a woman gets, the more insecure the men in her life feel. It doesn’t work that way for a woman. We celebrate strength--in our partners as well as in ourselves.
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The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination it is essentially a part of it.
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I can’t imagine it now, but I must’ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don’t just get itself born bad, do it?
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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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Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
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