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Time Quotes by Dean Koontz

96 Time quotes by Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz describes time as a teacher that can feel like a musical score shifting from horror to joy. He says the hands of a clock act like shears, trimming away moments piece by piece. He also reminds us that even in darkness, a spark of light can appear if we look for it.

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Only time conquers time and its burdens.

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“Your past is my Future.”

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The dead are merely the countrymen of my future.

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“The world falls apart from time to time, and madness happens.”

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“The world is hat we make it, and our future is ours to shape.”

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There is nothing fatherly about time and what it does to us, either.

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“The sun was hardly risen, but already time was running out.”

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...,we wasn't born to be all the time scared, we was born happy,

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Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

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Death lies dormant in each of us and will bloom in time.

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Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.

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“For a long time, she wept, not so much for him and not at all for herself, but for the condition of…

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“In this brave new digital world, reality is plastic, and your identity is whatever you wish it to be. As is your…

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What year these events transpired is of no consequence. Where they occured is not important. The time is always, and the place…

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I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there…

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“I could only lose her if, from this moment forward, I made wrong choices, or if she made them. But I would…

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“He had no credit cards. This made him suspicious in a country that not only looked to the future but lived on…

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“Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment. —Thomas…

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“This time I would choose to err on the side of illogic. I had to trust intuition, and plunge as I had…

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“And though the blood of Abel had once cried out from the Earth, we had come now to a time when so…

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“She wondered what it was about storytelling that made people want it almost as much as food and water, even more so…

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Some argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his…

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Another way to be awakened by the beauty and complexity of the word is to get a dog. Small Things like a…

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Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a…

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“At fifty-one, why would she choose to dispose of her house, uproot herself, and come here to be a part of your…

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“The why of the mind's existence and the how of its profound capacity to reason - especially its penchant for moral reasoning…

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I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep…

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“In this world where too many are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invisible, we have…

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“But with one exception, all things pass from this world and time erases not just memories but entire civilizations, reducing everyone and…

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“Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much…

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“To understand the universe, our world, and all life in the world, you have to step out of time, which for living…

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“To get on with your career, don’t waste time responding to the naysayers. Don’t dwell on what they’ve said. Stay true to…

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“Grief can destroy you—or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death,…

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Although she had resisted this knowledge all her life, had lived determinedly in the future focused there by ambition, she understood at…

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“Their lovemaking was different from any Ryan had known, rich with desire for a perfect union, yet without lust, giving without taking,…

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“When my time is up, I want to cross a River Styx of pure root beer." - Jilly Page 30”

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Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

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“Time was the lubricant that allowed the mechanism of the universe to function smoothly.”

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My life would be constrained by the horror and fierce rage that my appearance inspired, but I would know peace as well…

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“I was finally convinced of something I had suspected for a long time: God has a sense of humor, and because the…

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“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish…

“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.…

“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.”

“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing…

“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free…

“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with…

“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.”

“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully…

“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…