“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Everyone talks about justice, but there can be no justice where there is no truth, and these are times when truth is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version… — 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
“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
“Give the narrative a lighter tone than you think it deserves, dear boy, lighter than you can bear to give it because… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Her beauty is not just—or even primarily—physical. In her face, I see her wisdom, her compassion, her courage, her eternal glory. This… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The true nature of the world is veiled, and if you shine a bright light on it, you can't expose that truth;… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“When Mary Shelley took a local legend based on truth and crafted fiction from it, she'd made Victor a tragic figure and… — 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
