Dean Koontz Quotes - Page 8

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• Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

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  Childhood, Insane, Heritage

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.268, Bantam

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• He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or cicadas. Something was out there. An intruder of which the ordinary forest creatures clearly did not approve. He took a deep breath and held it again, straining to hear the slightest movement in the woods. This time he detected the rustle of brush, a snapping twig, the soft crunch of dry leaves-and the unnervingly peculiar, heavy, ragged breathing of something big.

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  Breathing, Silence, Bird

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• What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.

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  Love, Age, Together

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Forever Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.318, Bantam

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• Pain is all I know." He murmured. "Peace is all I want

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  Pain, Want, Knows

  Dean Koontz (2012). “The Frankenstein Series 5-Book Bundle: Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, City of Night, Dead and Alive, Lost Souls, The Dead Town”, p.213, Bantam

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• We are not born to wait. We are born to do.

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  Waiting, Born

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• Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity.

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  Pain, Humanity, Pity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.331, Bantam

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• We need to laugh at the irrationality of evil, for in doing so we deny evil's power over us, diminish its influence in the world, and tarnish the allure it has for some people.

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  People, Evil, Laughing

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.139, Bantam

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• Only the human spirit can act with volition and consciously change itself; it is the only thing in all creation that is not entirely at the mercy of forces outside itself.

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  Spirit, Mercy, Creation

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Sole Survivor: A Novel”, p.402, Bantam

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• Blizzards, floods, volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes: They fascinate because they nakedly reveal that Mother Nature, afflicted with bipolar disorder, is as likely to snuff us as she is to succor us.

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  Mother, Earthquakes, Bipolar

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Taking: A Novel”, p.11, Bantam

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• In a clutch or a corner, I tend to make a weapon out of what is near at hand. That can be anything from a crowbar to a cat, though if I had a choice, I would prefer an angry cat, which I have found to be more effective than a crowbar. Although weaponless, I left the house by the back door, with two chocolate-pumpkin cookies. It's a tough world out there, and a man has to armor himself against it however he can. ~Odd Thomas

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  Cat, Men, Doors

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.902, Bantam

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• In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.

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  Despair, Cheerful, Leviathan

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.234, Bantam

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• Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.

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  Vocabulary, Going Away, Trying

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• Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood.

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  Mother, Dream, Father

  Dean Koontz (2012). “Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.65, Bantam

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• Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty.

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  Journey, People, Car

  Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.240, Bantam

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• Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.

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  Humility, Weakness, Awareness

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.39, Bantam

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• The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

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  Achievement, Finals, Process

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.232, Bantam

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• You've taught me that we're all needed, even those who sometimes think we're worthless, plain and dull. If we love and allow ourselves to be loved...well, a person who loves is the most precious thing in the world, worth all the fortunes that ever were. That's what you've taught me, fur face,and because of you I'll never be the same.

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  Love Is, Thinking, Fur

  Dean Koontz (2008). “Watchers”, p.326, Penguin

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• A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside.

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  Death, Men, People

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Husband: A Novel”, p.12, Bantam

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• A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind.

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  Dog, Long Walks, Creative

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• We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

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  Lying, Heart, May

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.315, Bantam

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• I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.

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  Book, People, Giving

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• It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet

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  Ends, Ifs

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• We yearn for tomorrow and the progress that it represents. But yesterday was once tomorrow, and where was progress in it? Or we yearn for yesterday, for what was or what might have been. But as we are yearning, the present is becoming the past, so the past is nothing but our yearning for second chances.

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  Past, Second Chance, Yesterday

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Brother Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.18, Bantam

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• Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else from our awareness and focuses us as perfectly as we can ever be focused.

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  Pain, Mind, Body

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel”, p.376, Bantam

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• All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.

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  Reflection, Space, People

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.378, Bantam

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