Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone. Everything we love will be taken from us,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“War was waged to make peace. Abuse was love. Welcome to the funhouse, where strange mirrors reflect the faces of hell.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
More to the point, I know why soldiers, home from war, seldom tell their families about their exploits in more than general… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable… — 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
“Most people indulged in their vices and clung to their virtues based on their responses to temptation and conflict, not because some… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Riots come and go, wars come and go, but under the tumult, day after day, century after century, millions of people are… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The war had left his body pathetically damaged and weak, but his mind was as strong and clear as it had ever… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In the war, to survive, you had to be responsible every minute of every day, unhesitatingly responsible for yourself, for your every… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Hand-to-hand combat with three hundred pounds of screaming monkey menace is not my idea of a fair fight. My idea of a… — 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
