Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers, it was nothing like it would be today. It was the Summer of Love and there was a real sense of community among us. We were hippies who looked out for each other instead of trying to rip each other off. We only had to watch out for the police who liked to roust us just on general principles, and the kids who came in from the suburbs to do a little hippie-bashing.
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
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
I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I w… - Charles De Lint
I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I w…
Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make that decide who or wha… - Charles De Lint
Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make that decide who or wha…
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel. - Charles De Lint
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what if all these … - Charles De Lint
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty (what if all these …
Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are. - Charles De Lint
Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.
I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a h… - Charles De Lint
I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a h…
You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow. - Charles De Lint
You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.
There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back. - Charles De Lint
There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
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