Trader Quotes

“Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes.”
― Charles De Lint, Trader

“Thing that people forget is, we all die, right? We all die and no matter what we do, the universe is going to go on, perfectly happy without us.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“Everybody’s got to make a buck—the trick is, either find something you like to do, or do something to pay the rent that doesn’t take too much out of you. Capisce?”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“Nothing’s free in this world,” Zeffy told her, “except leftovers and friendship, and even friendship costs. The difference is, usually we don’t mind paying the coin it requires.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“There is no event so momentous that it hasn’t been seen before, no trouble so grand that won’t look small from another perspective.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“Everything already talks,” Joe told her. “Plants, animals, even that old truck of mine. The trick is figuring out their language, learning to hear what they’re saying so that it makes sense.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“I wonder if the world's getting worse, or if we're just paying more attention to the shadows.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“Live intensely," Joe tells me. "Live big. The cousins have a saying: 'Walk large as trees, with the blood quick in you and swift-running.' In other words, don't let there be holes in your life where somebody else can creep into your head...”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“I swear that all dogs are born knowing certain words. Walk. Eat. Good dog. The important stuff.”
― Charles de Lint, Trader

“I figure all oracular devices are just a way for us to focus on what we already know, but can’t quite grab onto. It works the same as a ritual does in a church: You get enough people focused on something, things happen. The way I see it is, it doesn’t much matter what the device is. It’s just got to be interesting enough so that your attention doesn’t stray. Fellow reading the fortune, fellow having it read—same difference. They’ve both got to be paying attention. “What”
― Charles de Lint, Trader