What I do know...

"What I do know is that we've all got our hidden currents, no matter how wide and friendly the river seems. Start casting deep enough and who knows what you'll dredge up." -Charles de Lint; Someplace to Be Flying

Omne ignotum pro magnifico...

"Omne ignotum pro magnifico. (What is unkown is magnified.)" -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Red-Headed League

The most beautiful thing...

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." -Albert Einstein

Does it need a purpose...

"Does it need a purpose? ... Maybe it's just enough to know that there's something marvelous still in the world, that all the mystery hasn't been drained out of it by those who like to take a thing apart to understand it, then stand back all surprised because it doesn't work anymore." -Charles de Lint; The Little Country

some things can't be explained...

"... some things can't be explained, some shouldn't be, and some lose their heart when they are." -Charles de Lint; Greenmantle

This... is the mystery...

"This... is the mystery... We catch peeks of it, little whiffs of its scent, a breath of its air, a whisper of its sound, and it sets our hearts a-tremble." -Charles de Lint; Greenmantle

But he knew now...

"But he knew now that those who questioned, those who took it all apart trying to find out what it was and what made it tick... they lost out in the end. The magic would always elude them. The mystery would only deepen. Because if it lost its secret, it just wouldn't be the mystery anymore. It would rob the experience of its potency. All you'd have left would be dry dust and the voices of men discussing what it was all about. The quiet, the music, the magic would be gone." -Charles de Lint; Greenmantle