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
people important born
The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.
heart stories forget
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.
rain mean voice
All forests have their own personality. I don't just mean the obvious differences, like how an English woodland is different from a Central American rain forest, or comparing tracts of West Coast redwoods to the saguaro forests of the American Southwest... they each have their own gossip, their own sound, their own rustling whispers and smells. A voice speaks up when you enter their acres that can't be mistaken for one you'd hear anyplace else, a voice true to those particular tress, individual rather than of their species.
way
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.
confusion let-it-go goes-on
Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
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."