I canโt imagine it now, but I mustโve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby donโt just get itself born bad, do it?
Charles de LintEvery time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.
Charles de LintWell, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.
Charles de LintWhy 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 LintCan you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense of rightness- the sense that you had brought to life something that could live beyond your sphere of being, that held in it far more potential than you ever realized you were imbuing in the work?
Charles de Lint