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Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint Quotes

Total quotes: 5

Charles de Lint

Birthname

Birthday: December 22, 1951

Nationality: Canada, Culo

Occupations: Musician, Novelist, Writer, Poet, Porn Star

Total quotes: 5

“It doesn’t matter where I am, or how alone--I always have such a crowded head.”

— Charles de Lint, Memory and Dream

Tagged: solitary, Memories, Alone

“We’re so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.”

— Charles de Lint, Moonlight & Vines

Tagged: Belongingness, belonging to society, society's standards, Standards, Society, Fitting In, Self & Identity

“I finally figured out that I’m solitary by nature, but at the same time I know so many people; so many people think they own a piece of me. They shift and move under my skin, like a parade of memories that simply won’t go away. It doesn’t matter where I am, or how alone - I always have such a crowded head.”

— Charles de Lint, Memory and Dream

“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 want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don’t want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”

— Charles de Lint

Tagged: Magic, Making Change

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

— Charles de Lint, Moonheart

Tagged: Peace, Solitude

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