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Truth Quotes by Dean Koontz

39 Truth quotes by Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz writes that real friends laugh openly, and that familiar places become more mysterious when we stay alert. He warns that societies often reward lies, while truth about life is simple: things that don’t grow die. He also says that hating truth breeds disorder and misery.

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The truth was stranger than the official fiction.

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The hatred of truth is the taproot of violence.

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“Lying won't get you anything but misery.”

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“Sometimes truth was elusive...”

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You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

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“The truth was in her voice as sure as rain and sunshine are in a green blade of grass.”

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People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.

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“The more familiar that a place becomes, the more mysterious it becomes, as well, if you are alert to the truth of…

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“The hatred of truth is a vice [...] From it comes pride and an enthusiasm for disorder.”

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What doesn't quicken dies. That's an indisputable truth of life.

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“You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb.”

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Lots of people are unable to see all kinds of truths right in front of their eyes." "The world is what we…

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In each little life, we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all…

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“Once truth was known, it could not be unlearned, nor could it be forgotten, but lay always in the heart, a darkness…

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When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily…

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“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…

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When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth.…

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The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version…

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“The more familiar that a place becomes, the more mysterious it becomes, as well, if you are alert to the truth of…

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“Once, when cornered by a pinwheel-eyed man who insisted that the mayor of Los Angeles was not human but a robot controlled…

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“If one’s friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not, in fact, his friends. How else would one learn to…

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“When you keep a secret from those closest to you, even with the best of motives, there is a danger that you…

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“When Mary Shelley took a local legend based on truth and crafted fiction from it, she'd made Victor a tragic figure and…

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Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from…

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“The true nature of the world is veiled, and if you shine a bright light on it, you can't expose that truth;…

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“When you keep a secret from those closest to you, even with the best of motives, there is a danger that you…

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“Her beauty is not just—or even primarily—physical. In her face, I see her wisdom, her compassion, her courage, her eternal glory. This…

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“Although her eyes are neither golden nor heavenly blue, Terri Stambaugh has the vision of an angel, for she sees through you…

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“Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between…

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“Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that it's…

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“Give the narrative a lighter tone than you think it deserves, dear boy, lighter than you can bear to give it because…

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“Everyone talks about justice, but there can be no justice where there is no truth, and these are times when truth is…

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In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded…

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Evil men often easy to mislead, because they have spent so long deceiving that they no longer recognise the truth and mistake…

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“A species that can blind itself to truth, that can plunge so enthusiastically along roads that lead nowhere but to tragedy, is…

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“taught them that whether a piece of writing is a novel or a law, each person is the sole arbiter of what…

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In a world that daily disconnects further from truth, more and more people accept the virtual in place of the real, and…

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“In time, however, I came to understand that one can adore and desire that which is forever beyond reach. This might, in…

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“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that…

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“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.”

“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing…

“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free…

“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with…

“Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.”

“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully…

“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice…