Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The world needed a little Evil, so Good had something to compare itself to, but you couldn't let it think it had… — 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
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
The primitive in each of us climbs closer to the surface during the night, for the moon sings to it, and the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In each little life, we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I kind of build a novel the way marine polyps build a coral reef, it's millions and millions of little precarious bodies… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Little mouse, you were so quick, so bright, so sweet, so full of life. And you still are everything you were then.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of… — 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
