Dean Koontz quotes - page 5

In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths. (Dean Koontz)
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. View quote
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On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from. View quote
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The primitive in each of us climbs closer to the surface during the night, for the moon sings to it, and the cold void between the stars speaks its language. To that savage self, evil can look lovely in too little light. View quote
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I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. View quote
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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. View quote
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Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him. View quote
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I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion. View quote
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No, if there's any ultimate redemption, it would be because I passed though your life without scarring you, and did not diminish who you are. (Dean Koontz)
His blue eyes were seas where sorrow sailed. View quote
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Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have. View quote
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Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss. View quote
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Evil men often easy to mislead, because they have spent so long deceiving that they no longer recognise the truth and mistake deseption for it. View quote
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Whiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details. View quote
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What has been is no more. Change has come. View quote
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When we hope, we usually hope for the wrong thing. View quote
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The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. View quote
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I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal specifically with that piece of work. View quote
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Never, never try to scope the market. (Dean Koontz)
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish. View quote
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In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings. View quote
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here in the summer desert, winter found my blood. View quote
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Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic. View quote
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