When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.
Charles de LintGina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.
Charles de LintThe thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.
Charles de LintI love this world ... That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was in when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands.
Charles de Lint