Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“we’re finally getting a little wisdom when we’re able to see that even loss can be beautiful if it makes us love… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies,… — 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
But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief… — 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
“I stopped in St. Bernadette's Cemetery one of my favorite places... The trunks of six giant oaks rise like columns supporting a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we… — 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
“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
