Dean Koontz quotes - page 3

The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster. (Dean Koontz)
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. View quote
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...at it's best fiction is medicine. View quote
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I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her. View quote
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Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it's name. View quote
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The world is full of broken people. Splints, casts, miracle drugs, and time can't mend fractured hearts, wounded hearts, wounded minds, torn spirits. View quote
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What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't. View quote
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Y'all take care of yourself now... strange and interesting friends are hard to find. View quote
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How can you hope to win against goddamn time travelers? It's like playing blackjack when the dealer is God. ... Come to think of it, all of life is a blackjack game with God as the dealer, isn't it? So this is no worse. View quote
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The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls. View quote
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Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it. (Dean Koontz)
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. View quote
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If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us. View quote
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If dogs talked, one of them would be president by now. Everybody likes dogs. View quote
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No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make. View quote
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Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries. View quote
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A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost. View quote
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Writing isn't a source of pain. It's psychic chemotherapy. It reduces your psychological tumors and relieves your pain. View quote
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We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness. View quote
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Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished. View quote
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In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin. (Dean Koontz)
Evil is no faceless stranger, living in a distant neighborhood. Evil has a wholesome, hometown face, with merry eyes and an open smile. Evil walks among us, wearing a mask which looks like all our faces. View quote
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People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros. View quote
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Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love. View quote
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To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true. View quote
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