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Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Charles de Lint

As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

Charles de Lint

Time

People

I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

Charles de Lint

Genius

Being

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

Charles de Lint

Fun

World

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

Charles de Lint

Life

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

Charles de Lint

Children

Parents

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

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 Lint

End

Road