... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away.
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 LintThere's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get
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