Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make that decide who or what we will be.
Charles de LintThere's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get
Charles de LintOnce upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.
Charles de LintOften the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.
Charles de Lint