""The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night." "
— Isabel Allende

""I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.""
— Sue Monk Kidd

"We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but for a time. It's a kind of immortality, I suppose, bounded by limits, it's true, but then so's everything."
— Charles de Lint

"Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?"
— Charles de Lint

"Everytime you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when youre gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back. "
— Charles de Lint