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1 " In one form or another, it was one of the first implements created by ancient people to give voice to the mysteries that words cannot encompass, but that they had a need to express. Only the drum was older. "
― Charles de Lint , Ghosts of Wind & Shadow (Newford Book 1)
2 " The old gods and their magics did not dwindle away into murky memories of brownies and little fairies more at home in a Disney cartoon; rather, they changed. The coming of Christ and Christians actually freed them. They were no longer bound to people’s expectations, but could now become anything that they could imagine themselves to be. “They are still here, walking among us. We just don’t recognize them anymore. "
3 " There are no happy endings,” Cerin told her. “There are no real endings ever—happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories, which are just a part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others’ stories—perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years—and then we step out of them again. But all the while, the Story just goes on. "
4 " She should have gotten a dog instead of having a kid. Dogs are easy to train and they like being led around on a leash. "
