The Onion Girl
A source page for quotes linked to Charles de Lint.
“Everybody's got a true home—maybe not where they're living, but where their heart lives.”
“I wonder if the world's getting worse, or if we're just paying more attention to the shadows.”
“Under the skin, intense fires burn.”
“The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it's really a wheel.”
“Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.”
“Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.”
“I don't think the world works on merit.”
“I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other.”
“You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.”
“When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different.”
“The excitement I get from writing is finding out each day what happens next.”
“I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.”
“The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.”