Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. — 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
“the darkest desire of humankind—to hold absolute power, to control, to command obedience, to eliminate all voices of disagreement and dissent—had found… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It's so damn hard to bloom... to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The saddest thing in the world was that human beings, for all their ardent striving and desire, could never achieve physical, emotional,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Love is absorbing, related to affection but stronger, full of appreciation for—and delight in—the other person, marked by a desire always to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Their lovemaking was different from any Ryan had known, rich with desire for a perfect union, yet without lust, giving without taking,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“As he entered her, as the piston of lovemaking grew slick with her clear oils, she thought about being crushed to death… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
