Charles de Lint
Charles de Lint
Charles de Lintis a Canadian writer of Dutch origins. In 1974 he met MaryAnn Harris, and married her in 1980. They live in Canada...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 December 1951
CountryCanada
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Everything is the way it is because we've all agreed that's the way it is.
dying where-you-are ends
Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are
time dark mind
In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
inspiration growth world
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
dream home waiting
What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home.
beautiful musician poet
Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a farmer, a plumber, a careworker.
advice want trouble
The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
goes-on stories made
We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.
song years space
An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.
nature simple perfect
"... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how small or large it might be, was a perfect example of what it was."
heart broken car
Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.
white differences black
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.
cheese applause
It was all cheese and applause.
magic invisible stills
That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.