If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
They said there was no rest for the wicked. In fact, there was rest neither for the virtuous nor the wicked, nor… — 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
Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Much of her life had been lived like a balancing act on a spearpoint fence, and on a particularly difficult night when… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
As an adult I discovered that I was a pretty good autodidact, and can teach myself all kind of things. And developed… — 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
