Charles de Lint Quotes

Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in.

Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us.

Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else.

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

Who likes surprises? Nobody I know likes surprises. But facts change on the ground.

I like when people don't know what to expect.

Life has a great deal up its sleeve.

Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are.

Life has a way of creeping up on us.

When magic happens, it just happens, brother.

Every experience has its element of magic.

When you can’t imagine how things are going to change, that doesn’t mean that nothing will change. It means that things will change in ways that are unimaginable.

Life is never what it seems - and that’s the great thing about it

Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof.

Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.)

Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.

Nothing works until it does. Nobody knows anything. You don't know what people are going to respond to. People are always surprised by stuff.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need to know the whole story so I can prepare. No, don’t tell me anything!

Some things are going to work, some aren't. But there's always something new going on, so it's fun to watch and see what's coming next.

What I don't know is what the unexpected might be.