Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
All Quotes by author - Charles de Lint
" A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since. "
Us
Time
Real
" As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary. "
Fact
Difference
Dictionary
" 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. "
You
World
Tell
" If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? "
Die
How
Live
" I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times. "
Thrive
Times
Chinese
" I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? "
You
Mad
I Think
" 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. "
World
More
Just
" I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. "
Make
Touch
Want
" Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. "
Art
You
Work Hard
" Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are. "
Just
Things
Some
" Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. "
Friendship
Own
People
" One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. "
Well
Inspiration
World
" Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. "
Than
More
Need
" Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. "
Music
Heart
Walls
" The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. "
Art
Good
Me
" The best artists know what to leave out. "
Know
Out
Best
" The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. "
World
Sight
Wonders
" The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. "
You
Put
Children
" There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. "
Telling
Joys
Tale
" The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. "
Goal
You
Road
" The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. "
Good
Mood
You
" When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it. "
Roads
Said
You
" When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten. "
Here
Hidden
World
" Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? "
Glory
Dark
Why
" Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. "
Capable
Merely
Word
" Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? "
Left
Everything
Without
Check our other websites:
BookDark
MusicDark