Charles de Lint

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

— Charles de Lint

#parents #problem #put #their #up

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#good mood #mood #pretending #sometimes #thing

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#merely #word

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

— Charles de Lint

#everything #indeed #known #left #life

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

#along #been #bunch #consensus #ever

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

— Charles de Lint

#as far as #between #call #concerned #dictionary

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

— Charles de Lint

#being #genius #i #i think #mad

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#i #interesting #thrive #times