She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The world is full of broken people. Splints, casts, miracle drugs, and time can't mend fractured hearts, wounded hearts, wounded minds, torn… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Every eye sees its own special vision; every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, and incision would… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Although her eyes are neither golden nor heavenly blue, Terri Stambaugh has the vision of an angel, for she sees through you… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Although the human heart is selfish and arrogant, so many struggle against their selfishness and learn humility; because of them, as long… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The human imagination may be the most elastic thing in the universe, stretching to encompass the millions of dreams that in centuries… — 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
She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
On those occasions when he had killed in the dark, he later needed to see his victims' faces because, in some unlit… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they… — 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
