368 Quotes by Charles de Lint

We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we’re looking for the idea of a tree, instead of appreciating the actual trees in front of us.

It’s good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there’s more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

I don’t know,” Kerry said. “It doesn’t feel like any medicine I ever took before.” She raised a hand to her forehead. “It really does feel like a light, shining inside me. How did you put it there?” Maida laughed. “You’re so funny! I didn’t put it there. Nobody can do that – not even Raven.” “But – ” “It was always there. I just made it a little brighter so that you could find it.

I don’t think the world works on merit.

Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused – hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition.

You need to take the world out of the box you put it in and accept it for what it is, not what you want it to be.

Everything is the way it is because we’ve all agreed that’s the way it is.

You’d be okay with somebody eating you?” She shrugs. “If I’m stupid enough to get caught, sure. Everybody’s got to eat.” “I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that idea.” “Nobody goes looking for it. But life isn’t ours to keep. We only get to hold it for a little bit and then we’ve got to pass it on.

I don’t actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don’t want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That’s what I’m doing except I’m just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do.