Charles de Lint: Quotes about thinking

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“I don't care what they might think of me; but I don't want lies about my life used to invalidate the stories. My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life.”

Charles de Lint

"Journal Entries", p. 188
Memory and Dream (1994)
Context: I don't know why I care what people write about me after I'm dead, except that since I invest so much of my time telling the truth in my fiction, I'd hate to see someone play fast and loose with the pieces of my life. I don't care what they might think of me; but I don't want lies about my life used to invalidate the stories. My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped into my own.

Life , Thinking , Reality

“The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it’s really a wheel.”

Charles de Lint

“The Forest is Crying”, p. 44 (quoting Pat Cadigan)
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)

Life , People , Problem , Thinking

“What I’ve got to talk about, I don’t think a priest wants to hear. What does a priest know or care about secular concerns? All they want to talk about is God. All they want to hear is a tidy list of sins so that they can prescribe their penances and get on to the next customer.”

Charles de Lint

“The Wishing Well”, p. 74
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)

God , Thinking

“Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.”

Charles de Lint

“Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night”, p. 264
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)