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But music has its own enchantment and the first few notes of an old tune are all that it requires to transform any site into a place of magic, even if that location is no more than a windowless office cubicle in the old Firehall’s basement.

— Charles de Lint Dreams Underfoot (1993)

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If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.

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That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.

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I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.

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Nothing’s different, but everything has changed.

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Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.

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