...like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana or the mind of Poe on opium. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In his mind he saw them standing with the tips of their organs pressed together ejaculating into each other's penis.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“it is essentially not about sensation but about passion, and passion is not of the flesh but of the mind and heart.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“I believe our recognition of reality’s complex dimensions is a consequence of our solitude.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Funny, how one good cookie could calm the mind and even elevate a troubled soul. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The why of the mind's existence and the how of its profound capacity to reason - especially its penchant for moral reasoning… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind the roots of violence: Lust, envy, anger, avarice, and vengeance...the taproot...the killer's ultimate and truest motivation...is the hatred of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“For a better part of a decade, he had been outside society, distanced in mind and spirit if not in body. But… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“My supernatural gift might reside not in my mind instead in my heart. The heart is an artist that paints over what… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and… — 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
“Although there was much I wanted to say, I knew that I should not. His mind and heart were out of alignment,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Nothing can be imagined, nothing can be visualized in our minds, until we have a word for it. Therefore, when I give… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“wonder sometimes why those who theorize about the human mind can so easily believe in the existence of things they cannot see… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“To live in the city of crowds and traffic and constant noise, to be always striving, to be in the ceaseless competition… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. And because… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Wealth had not corrupted him. What he’d chosen to do with his wealth corrupted him. First he insulated himself from ordinary human… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If she possessed any memory whatsoever of the days when she'd been whole, her shattered recollections were scattered across the darkscape of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame… — 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
Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“But sometimes I knew things with my heart that my mind could not explain.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“...wonder admits to the existence of mystery...recognition of mystery allows the possibility of Truth.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
A great deal of phenomenal experience has fostered in me a flexibility of the mind and imagination that some might call madness — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“in ecstasy, it is essentially not about sensation but about passion, and passion is not of the flesh but of the mind… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Either the gates of hell had opened, or Tom had lost his mind; for there could be nothing like this entity outside… — 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
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
Behind every closed door might wait a thief of minds and a collector of souls. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries. — 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
