Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Until then, there is joy, which by the way does not, as was once thought, require contrast with fear and pain to… — 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
The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt was right when he said that we have nothing to fear itself. And our fear can only consume us when we… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“You couldn't be afraid of anything if you were sure you could bear the pain it might cause you.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. — 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 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 am the One, and I see all. But the blind man in Apartment 1-A is blind in many ways, as are… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
There's no use wasting are energy being afraid of the devils, demons and things that go bump in the night... Because ultimately… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill… — 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
She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. And because… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“For those who dispair that their lives are without meaning and without purpose, for those who dwell in a lonelines so terrible… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Her beauty is not just—or even primarily—physical. In her face, I see her wisdom, her compassion, her courage, her eternal glory. This… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“did not fear either the darkness of the night or the darkness under the sun that can sometimes crowd in upon us… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Then what are you? An electronic Hannibal Lector? You can't eat my liver with fava beans through a modem, you know. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The dead are sensitive to the living. They have walked this path ahead of us and know our fears, our failings, our… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Fear is the engine that drives the human animal. Humanity sees the world as a place of uncountable threats, and so the… — 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
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