Who is he?" she asked. "Or maybe I should be asking what is… - Charles de Lint

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Who is he?" she asked. "Or maybe I should be asking what is he?"
"I've always thought of him as a kind of anima, Jilly said. "A loose bit of myth that got left behind when all the others went on to wherever it is that myths go when we don't believe in them anymore.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint (born 22 December 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician.

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Alternative Names: Samuel M. Key • Charles De Lint

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I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk tales and fairy tales are based on real, if forgotten events, I never accepted that part of it as being real.

Look, I’m sorry if I don’t measure up to how people want me to be, but this is just the way I am.

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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