Moonheart Quotes

“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.”
― Charles de Lint, Moonheart

“Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree. The tale, she understood, did not so much mean the niggling occurrences of daily life. Rather it encompassed the grand stories that caused some change in the world and were remembered in ensuing years as, if not histories, at least folktales and myths. By such reasoning, Winston Churchill could take his place in British folklore alongside the legendary Robin Hood; Merlin Ambrosius had as much validity as Martin Luther. The scope of their influence might differ, but they were all a part of the same tale.”
― Charles de Lint, Moonheart

“understanding that, for all that they knew so little of each other, there was something deep inside each of them that saw a kindred spirit in the other.”
― Charles de Lint, Moonheart

“taw. It means the silence that is like music.”
― Charles de Lint, Moonheart

“Like filling his pants with cement and dropping him in the Ottawa River? What do you think we are? The CIA?”
― Charles de Lint, Moonheart