The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.
Charles de LintIt'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.
Charles de LintAn now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.
Charles de LintWhat I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know is waiting for me here. My home.
Charles de LintMost times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are.
Charles de LintThere are no happy endings... There are no endings, happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories which are just part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others stories - perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years - and then we step out of them again. But all the while, the Story just goes on.
Charles de Lint