“Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal. Even… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Is there some meaning to this life? What purpose lies behind the strife? Whence do we come, where are we bound? These… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known.... The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When we don't allow ourselves to hope, we don't allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We've… — 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
My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I realized you might make money at writing, and you might even make a living at it. So after that I didn't… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I think the world is an interesting place and I don't think anybody has the firm and final answer to what it… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make… — 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
