The Wind in His Heart Quotes

“We’re all beings of power. Some of us are strong, some weak. Every mistake that we learn something from, makes us stronger. As does every sacrifice, every good deed. That’s how we learn. Our power is the sum of all we have been and all we are. When you take responsibility for somebody else’s decisions, or actions, you take away their power. And when you take away somebody’s power, you leave them spinning wheels when they could be moving forward.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“Everything’s hard, if it means anything.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“What was it Dylan said? You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“But life isn’t ours to keep. We only get to hold it for a little bit and then we’ve got to pass it on.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“You need to take the world out of the box you put it in and accept it for what it is, not what you want it to be.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“Has no one ever explained to you,” Consuela said, “that there is no such thing as linear time? What people call the past, the present, the future—it’s all happening at the same time.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“Change wasn’t necessarily bad. It was just scary.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“Life and death are only different positions on the wheel.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“Everything can talk,” the old woman replied. “The trick is, not everybody knows how to listen.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“telling me how the saguaro hold the spirits of the Kikimi who have lived a good life. He waited expectantly until I asked the question he was waiting for: What happens to those who live a bad life? They come back as people, he told me.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“You’d be okay with somebody eating you?” She shrugs. “If I’m stupid enough to get caught, sure. Everybody’s got to eat.” “I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that idea.” “Nobody goes looking for it. But life isn’t ours to keep. We only get to hold it for a little bit and then we’ve got to pass it on.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“life isn’t ours to keep. We only get to hold it for a little bit and then we’ve got to pass it on. It’s like that for everybody.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart

“I’ve always wondered about the other religions. The Christian god is supposed to have created the world in seven days.” “Their world—not ours.”
― Charles de Lint, The Wind in His Heart