"I can remember the first time you told me about what the Church did to the mystery. The one they called Jesus – the Green Man they hung from a tree in the desert. How St. Paul took the mystery and twisted it to make a religion of intolerance and self-torment."
Charles de Lint is a Canadian writer.
"See, when you get down to the basics of it, everything’s just molecules vibrating. Which is what music is, what sound is—vibrations in the air. So we’re all part of that music and the worthier it is, the more voices we can add to it, the better off we all are."
"Nothing’s different, but everything has changed."
"Creeps don’t need reasons for what they do; that’s why they’re creeps."
"There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale."
"What hole did people like that crawl out of?"
"“He can be so sweet on one page, and then on the next he’s taking you on a tour through an abattoir.” “Just like life,” Bramley said."