Top 28 Quotes by Charles de Lint

About Charles de Lint

These are some quotes by Canadian author Charles de Lint Writer, who was born on December 22, 1951.

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.

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.

Charles de Lint

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

Charles de Lint

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

Charles de Lint

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

Charles de Lint

I've always been interested in the outsider.

I've always been interested in the outsider.

Charles de Lint

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Charles de Lint

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.

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.

Charles de Lint

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.

Charles de Lint

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

Charles de Lint

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

Charles de Lint

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