You've got to spread out as far as you can, cut down a whole forest, irrigate a whole desert, just to make sure that you won't accidentally stumble upon a place that's still in its natural state.
Charles de LintMagic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.
Charles de LintChildren are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences and nuisances, when they're not treating them as possessions or toys.
Charles de LintRemember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
Charles de Lint