Charles de Lint Life Quotations

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.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

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

The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

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.

Everything has a spirit and it's all connected. If you think about that, if you live your life by it, then you're less likely to cause any hurt. It's like how our bodies go back into the ground when we die, so that connects us to the earth. If you dump trash, you're dumping it on your and my ancestors. Or to bring it down to its simplest level: treat everything and everybody the way you want to be treated, because when you hurt someone, you're only hurting yourself.

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get

Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.

The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.