368 Quotes by Charles de Lint

I wonder if the world’s getting worse, or if we’re just paying more attention to the shadows.

You could only make art by setting it free. Anything else was just a memory, no matter how you stored it. On film or paper, sculpted or recorded.

I can’t think of a better rationale to create a work of art. I don’t care what form one’s art takes, it has to be an attempt to leave the world a better place than it was before we got here or it’s not doing its job. And I don’t mean just making things that are pretty.

Nothing strikes me as truly weird,” Jilly told him. “There’s only stuff I haven’t figured out yet.

Because the bottom line is, I believe I can make a difference. Not a big one. What I do is just a small ripple, but I know it helps. And if enough little people like me make our small differences, one day we’re going to wake up to find that we really did manage to change the world.

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.

Wondering is healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.

Don't forget no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.