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Dean Koontz Quotes - Page 11

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Only time conquers time and its burdens.

Only time conquers time and its burdens.

Time, Conquer, Burden

Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.679, Bantam

Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.

Men, Good Woman, Odd Thomas

Twitter post from Apr 24, 2015

Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.

Loyalty, Grace, Despair

Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.1588, Bantam

Evil was coming. I wondered whose face it would be wearing.

Evil, Would Be, Faces

Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.19, Bantam

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Beautiful, Blessed, Thinking

Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.267, Bantam

In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to see you cry. Or wonder why you don't cry when you should.

Hurt, Real, Book

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.

Quality, Civility, Charm

Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.673, Bantam

Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.

Running, Dog, Play

Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.950, Bantam

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.

Writing, Names, Use

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher.

Book, Years, Names

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.

Literature, Comic, Novel

She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.

Heart, Needs, Anguish

Dean Koontz (2007). “From the Corner of His Eye: A Novel”, p.1, Bantam

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Genre Is, Fiction, Genre

Never, never try to scope the market.

Trying, Scope

If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.

Laughing, Facts, Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.375, Bantam

Grapes are juicy. Strawberries. Oranges. Good pork chops are succulent," said Dusty. "But the word isn't accurately descriptive of a person." Smiling with delight, Ahriman said, "Oh, really, not accurately descriptive? Be careful housepainter. Your genes are showing. What if I were a cannibal?

Orange, What If, Pork

Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.382, Bantam

Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate; it befalls us at our invitation.

Fate, Hands, Suffering

Dean Koontz (2007). “Intensity: A Novel”, p.80, Bantam

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

Twists, Peculiar, Ifs

Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.

Moon, Mirrors, Light

I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.

I Have Learned, Novel, Deals

Dean Koontz (2007). “Brother Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.27, Bantam

...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.

Keys, Giving, Mind

Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.72, Bantam

I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her.

Lost, Dump, Humour

Dean Koontz (2009). “Relentless: A Novel”, p.6, Bantam

its a rare thing to know one completly to the core and stil love him

Knows, Rare Things, Core

That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old enough to know what death is and realize that sooner or later we'll lose everyone we love. We're never the same. But somehow we're all right. We go on.

Memories, Goes On, Way

Dean Koontz (2007). “Winter Moon: A Novel”, p.472, Bantam

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

Book, Past, Years

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