charles de lint Quotes

The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.

The trouble with advice is that it’s usually something you don’t want to hear.

Well, you know this world isn’t perfect.’ ‘No, you’re wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.

Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make that decide who or what we will be.

You can’t stand up to the night until you understand what’s hiding in its shadows.

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.

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what’s real and what’s not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

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.

Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.

I’ve always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And we remain stories. But too often we allow those stories to grow banal, or cruel or unconnected to each other.We allow the stories to continue, but they no longer have a heart. They no longer sustain us.