Heart Quotes by Dean Koontz

“...the heart is deceitful above all things...”

— Dean Koontz

She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.

— Dean Koontz

No one can tell you what your heart should feel.

— Dean Koontz

... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.

— Dean Koontz

“No one’ll break your heart faster or into more pieces than a Sherpa will.”

— Dean Koontz

We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

— Dean Koontz

“But by nature, the human heart yearns most for what it cannot have.”

— Dean Koontz

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

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“Even though she knew it wasn't biologically possible for her heart to rise into her throat, she swallowed it anyway.”

— Dean Koontz

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

“If a man is a beast, he’s a beast in his heart, and that’s not the kind of heart that beats in…

— Dean Koontz

What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give…

— Dean Koontz

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good…

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The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version…

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The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality.

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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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“Imminent death didn't terrify her as much as did the prospect of having lived a life in perpetual retreat, a life that…

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Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is…

— Dean Koontz

All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will…

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“Although her eyes are neither golden nor heavenly blue, Terri Stambaugh has the vision of an angel, for she sees through you…

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All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is…

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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…

— Dean Koontz

“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 human imagination may be the most elastic thing in the universe, stretching to encompass the millions of dreams that in centuries…

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In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope…

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“Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life,…

— Dean Koontz

Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they…

— Dean Koontz

Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we…

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She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and…

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If she possessed any memory whatsoever of the days when she'd been whole, her shattered recollections were scattered across the darkscape of…

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On those occasions when he had killed in the dark, he later needed to see his victims' faces because, in some unlit…

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One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices,…

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“Regardless of how rough we may appear on the exterior, each of us had a human heart.”

— Dean Koontz

“What’s dropped your heart into your shoes?”

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“Everyone is damaged, but the heart can be repaired.”

— Dean Koontz

Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more…

— Dean Koontz

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

Although the human heart is selfish and arrogant, so many struggle against their selfishness and learn humility; because of them, as long…

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Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting…

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She'd been acutely aware that terror, betrayal, and cruelty had a human face, but she had not sufficiently appreciated that courage, kindness,…

— Dean Koontz