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“That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.”

"Ghosts of Wind and Shadow" in Dreams Underfoot : The Newford Collection (2003), p. 183

“The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.”

Charles de Lint

"Journal Entries", p. 186
Memory and Dream (1994)
Context: I've always had these bouts of depression; I hide them well but doesn't mean they aren't there. … I didn't have anyone around for whom I had to put on a cheerful mask. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

“By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.”

Charles de Lint

“The Pochade Box”, p. 318
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)

“You can talk all you want about consensual reality, Jilly, but that doesn’t change the fact that some things are real and some things aren’t. There’s a line drawn between the two that separates reality from fantasy.”

Charles de Lint

“Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night”, p. 253
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)

“Our time’s the most precious thing we’ve got to offer folks, and the worst thing a body can do is to take it away from us.”

Charles de Lint

“Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black”, p. 212
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)

“The thing is … nothing’s as easy as we'd like it to be. … And the real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.”

Charles de Lint

"Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night", p. 282
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)