"Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places."

-- Charles de Lint

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“Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description.”

Source : William Henry Hudson (2010). “Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest”, p.111, The Floating Press
“I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice.”
“I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.”
“Only if I am going to die, I should prefer to die as I have lived, drunkenly.”
“I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.”
“There's nothing more fun than debating and defending your taste in music.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.”
“I am gay. I am a Jew. My mother lost over a dozen of her family to Hitler's anti-Semitism. Every time in Russia (and it is constantly) a gay teenager is forced into suicide, a lesbian 'correctively' raped, gay men and women beaten to death by neo-Nazi thugs while the Russian police stand idly by, the world is diminished and I for one, weep anew at seeing history repeat itself.”

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