“death is frequently the reward for the reckless and the timid alike,” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning...as does death. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Death was everywhere, he was legion, and you couldn't escape his attention, but in some places he manifested in greater numbers than… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Being alone can be good. It is easy to find peace alone. But sometimes...being alone is a kind of death.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Upon my death, when the stains on my soul are read by He who sits in judgment, I'll be given my own… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“To you of great faith, I am the product of your wisdom and the guarantor of your immortality.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Fearing death meant also fearing life, which stole all meaning from the act of living.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“she decided that this world was a place of deep mystery and enchantment, with occasional episodes of terror to give it texture.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“He wondered why it was easier to believe in a malevolent spirit than in a benign one. Sometimes it seemed that the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“There are silences and silences. No one of them is like another. There is the silence of grief in velvet-draped rooms of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In all our lives, however, there are many days when we die a little, when we are wounded by loss or failure,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It seems reckless, even perverse, to spend so much time and effort nurturing such a deadly thing...Ernie and Pooka seek to understand… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“I celebrate death. Death makes room for new life. I die every day and rise again. Those weaker creatures who die and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life without meaning cannot be borne. We find a mission to which we're sworn -or answer the call of Death's dark horn.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“From all these friends, I could not escape learning some of the statistics that I preferred not to know. Forty-one people at… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Love was a sacred garment, woven of a fabric so thin that it could not be seen, yet so strong that even… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
That was one of the most fundamental and sacred duties good friends and families performed for one another! They tended the flame… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Fear is an unavoidable element of the mortal condition. Creation in all its ravishing beauty, with its infinite baroque embellishments and subtle… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Too many of us die without knowing transcendent joy, in part because we pursue one form or another of materialism. We seek… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Living in the modern age, death for virtue is the wage. So it seems in darker hours. Evil wins, kindness cowers. Ruled… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Grief can destroy you—or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“...love was the closest thing to immortality that men would ever know and that the only--and best--answer to death is loving. Loving.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“How obvious can it be? ... The purpose of makeup is to defy the degradations of time, and time is just a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The dead don't talk. Perhaps they know things about death that the living are not permitted to learn from them.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In this momentous night, however, he knew far more sadness than grief, and while deep sadness bruises the heart, it doesn’t leave… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“This kind of derangement is emblematic of humankind. Grave faults are said to be only eccentricities, and imperfections are routinely celebrated as mere differences… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that Santa was… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
