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Charles de Lint, born on December 22, 1951, is a renowned Canadian writer known for his fantasy literature and folk tales. His works span various forms, including short stories, novels, and poetry, and have been translated into multiple languages. De Lint's writing style is unique, characterized by rich imagination and deep understanding of folk tales.

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“Everybody's got a true home—maybe not where they're living, but where their heart lives.”

Heart Home Live

Book:Someplace to Be Flying

Source: Someplace to Be Flying

“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.”

Mind Firsts Heart Wall Cold Musician Stones Iron Witch Heart And Mind Cold Heart Stone Walls

Author:Charles de Lint

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

World Want Heart Happiness Joy Laughter Smile Best Smile

Author:Charles de Lint

“I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”

World Want Heart Stars Magic Tree Hills Moonbeams

Author:Charles de Lint

“Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.”

Heart Helping Magic Car Broken Harm Engines

Book:The Mystery of Grace

Source: The Mystery of Grace

“She hoped he was running to his red deer woman, and that when he tapped on the door of her heart, she'd open it wide and let him in.”

Heart Running Doors Red Wide Deer

Book:Medicine Road

Source: Medicine Road

“Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.”

Heart Stories Written Skins Tattoo

Author:Charles de Lint

“I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And we remain stories. But too often we allow those stories to grow banal, or cruel or unconnected to each other.We allow the stories to continue, but they no longer have a heart. They no longer sustain us.”

Heart Stories Grows Forget

Book:The Onion Girl

Source: The Onion Girl

“There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.”

People Heart Friendship Friendship Love

Author:Charles de Lint

“If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it.”

Ifs Thinking World Believe Heart Alive Don't Believe

Author:Charles de Lint

“Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're feeling inspired or not; never be afraid to take chances, in fact, make sure you take chances. As soon as you become complacent, you become boring ... . Read as much as possible, not simply in the genre, or what you think you're interested in, but other things as well.”

Thinking Writing Wells Heart Facts Feelings Chance Discipline Down And Inspired Boring Genre Take A Chance Complacent

Author:Charles de Lint

About the Author

Born: December 22, 1951
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 208

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