“Sympathy is a nobler feeling than pity. But if sympathy is the principal reason that one person is drawn to another, there… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“At fifty-one, why would she choose to dispose of her house, uproot herself, and come here to be a part of your… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In a clutch or a corner, I tend to make a weapon out of what is near at hand. That can be… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In memory, she lived and moved and laughed, but all that a photograph could offer was one frozen moment of a life.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Even if there are moments during the day when all seems normal and when every action of your own and of those… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Beauty that steals the heart is often imperfect, suggests grace and kindness, and inspires tenderness more than it incites lust.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“If there's nothing to learn because we know it all, what's the challenge? Why would the effort matter? What would be the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“From all these friends, I could not escape learning some of the statistics that I preferred not to know. Forty-one people at… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Americans thrive on mobility and feel shrunken in spirit when they do not have it.(Odd Thomas)” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Even with the intention to be quiet, human beings seldom can restrain from comment or at least grumbled cursing; we are the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The wives of Spartans are the secret pillars of the world."--Odd Thomas — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Of all the spirits I have seen, only Elvis and Mr. Sinatra are able to manifest in the garments of their choice.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“If my gift has a giver other than indifferent Nature and comes with a purpose, then the angel in charge of the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“I didn't have a cell phone because I never needed to play video games or surf the Net, or exchange nude photos… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“some days are so difficult that if we didn't let wine steal our wits, how would we sleep?” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“His failure to defeat something more powerful than himself, and the scar that reminds him of his failure, is no reason for… — 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
