Charles de Lint Quotes

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.

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• In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.

  

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• I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.

  

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• I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

  

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• I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

  

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• It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.

  

  Charles de Lint
  • Good
  • May
  • Enemy