368 Quotes by Charles de Lint

Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too small and all are of equal stature. We each tell them in different ways, through different mediums – and if we care about each other, we’ll take the time to listen.

She could have bad taste.” Jilly shakes her head. “Oh, no. She has impeccable taste. She’s our friend, isn’t she?

The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren’t necessary.

A name can’t begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that’s the magic of names, isn’t it? That the complex, contradictory individuals we are can be called up complete and whole in another mind through the simple sorcery of a name.

Everybody’s got to make a buck – the trick is, either find something you like to do, or do something to pay the rent that doesn’t take too much out of you. Capisce?

She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she’d open it wide and let him in.

You’ve got to find yourself first. Everything else’ll follow.

I’ve always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.

There is no event so momentous that it hasn’t been seen before, no trouble so grand that won’t look small from another perspective.