Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians — they’re the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a farmer, a plumb… - Charles de Lint

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

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?

"I love this world," he added. "That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can, but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands."