That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If your work is deathwork, one weapon is not enough, just as a plumber would not answer an urgent service call with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I am… — 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
He felt ... a suspicion-no, a conviction-than he had been abandoned, forgotten, and that no one in the whole world cared or… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, for many many years I didn't talk about my childhood and then when I did I got a ton of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Every world has dogs or their equivalent, creatures that thrive on companionship, creatures that are of a high order of intelligence although… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass… — 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
“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
