Dean Koontz Quotes About Loss

Quotes about: Loss

• Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.

  Dean Koontz

  Loss, Doubt, Poison

  Dean Koontz (2013). “Innocence (with bonus short story Wilderness): A Novel”, p.265, Bantam

• Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.

  Dean Koontz

  Pain, Rip, Heart

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.244, Bantam

• Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Loss, Giving

• Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives.

  Dean Koontz

  Grief, Loss, Everything Happens For A Reason

  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.567, Bantam

• Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

  Dean Koontz

  Teacher, Loss, Said

  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.1003, Bantam

• How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies, crimson sunsets, a kiss, and life.

  Dean Koontz

  Life, Spring, Butterfly

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Brother Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.103, Bantam

• The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.

  Dean Koontz

  Gratitude, Grief, Love You

• But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.

  Dean Koontz

  Loneliness, Grief, Loss

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.60, Bantam

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