Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In other words, life is hard, even cruel – but it’s also what you make of it.’ Putting” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“You've got to remember whatever happens-it's only life, we all get through it” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Amalia insisted he wasn’t cold, but only wounded by life and emotionally isolated.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Night has patterns that can be read less by the living than by the dead. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I just became fascinated with how complex and unlikely the universe is and life is and Catholicism gives me an answer to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In time, however, I came to understand that one can adore and desire that which is forever beyond reach. This might, in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Life was a racing river of many currents, yet all the undertows and raging rapids were not merely survivable but were also… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Holy men tell us life is a mystery. They embrace that concept happily. But some mysteries bite and bark and come to… — 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… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“one form of heroism, about which few if any films will be made, is having the courage to live without bitterness when… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“To the police," Lily said [speaking of five murders], "these five brutal murders are less than coincidence. One of them told me,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“She loved people, she said, especially those in books, which was largely how she knew them, but she declined to associate with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“These days, all I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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
“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
All I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life without meaning cannot be borne. We find a mission to which we're sworn -or answer the call of Death's dark horn.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“That's life. Something always happens. We don't live in stasis, frozen in amber.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Imminent death didn't terrify her as much as did the prospect of having lived a life in perpetual retreat, a life that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In life, little happens by chance, and most bad hands we’re dealt are the consequence of our actions, which are shaped by… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Always questioning your motivations is a healthy thing, but fearing your capacity for doing the wrong thing so that you retreat from… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I fall down on the side of free will, simply because if you look at where I came from, and what I… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“He’ll also cut you some slack if you’re astonishingly stupid in an amusing fashion. Granny claimed that this explains why uncountable millions… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness… — 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