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Dean Koontz Quotes - Page 18

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The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is not the can. On those nights when you lie awake, either man or boy, wondering about yourself, peeling away one layer of

The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is not the can. On those nights when you lie awake, either man or boy, wondering about yourself, peeling away one layer of oddness after another, you should remember and always be grateful that the woefully imperfect person that you are, with all your contradictions and unworthy desires, is not the best of you, any more than the wrapper is the best part of a Mr. Goodbar. -Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koonts pgs. 354-355 chapter 53

Lying, Grateful, Boys

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.1422, Bantam

The only thing we can't buy more of is time." she said. "And dodo birds. We can't buy any more of them. they're extinct. And dinosaurs.

Bird, Dinosaurs, Dodo Bird

Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson (2007). “Frankenstein: Prodigal Son: A Novel”, p.392, Bantam

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Simple, Too Much, Quiet

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.

Lines, Bitter, Misanthrope

Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.50, Bantam

There’s just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It’s not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it’s that when you gaze into your own eyes, you don’t see what you wish to see—or glimpse something that you wish weren’t there.

Eye, Reflection, Vanity

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.1676, Bantam

But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.

Loneliness, Grief, Loss

Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.60, Bantam

What year these events transpired is of no consequence. Where they occured is not important. The time is always, and the place is everywhere.

Years, Important, Events

Dean Koontz (2010). “What the Night Knows (with bonus novella Darkness Under the Sun): A Novel”, p.8, Bantam

I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.

Reading, Halos, Lamps

Twitter post from Jan 21, 2015

Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.

Believe, Grateful, School

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.356, Bantam

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

Morbidity, Truth Of Life

Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.250, Bantam

Is there some meaning to this life? What purpose lies behind the strife? Whence do we come, where are we bound? These cold questions echo and resound through each day, each lonely night. We long to find the splendid light that will cast a revelatory beam upon the meaning of the human dream. Courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy lift us above the simple beasts and define humanity.

Love, Dream, Lonely

Dean Koontz, “Strangers”

The hard rain nailed the night to the city.

Rain, Night, Cities

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

Mistake, Men, Long

Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character and motivations.

Motivation, Character, 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.1053, Bantam

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

Writing, Week, Hours

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.

Writing, Pasta, Garlic

She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and he was dressed only in his briefs. The sight of his thin, boyish body - all ribs and elbows and knees - pulled at her heart, for he looked so innocent and vulnerable. He was so small and fragile that she wondered how she could ever protect him, and renewed fear rose in her.

Fear, Heart, Hair

Dean Koontz (2003). “Lightning”, p.230, Penguin

Faced with the challenge of an endless universe, Man will be forced to mature further, just as the Neanderthal-faced with an entire planet-had no choice but to grow away from the tradition of savagery.

Science, Men, Choices

All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will and too many with audacity, surprises are inevitable, too few of them are the kind that make you smile and that lift your heart.

Heart, Soul, Make You Smile

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.1013, Bantam

Behind every closed door might wait a thief of minds and a collector of souls.

Doors, Waiting, Soul

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.1597, Bantam

One man's idea of perfect order is another man's chaos.

Men, Order, Ideas

Dean Koontz (2007). “Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel”, p.227, Bantam

Whiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details.

Dog, Cat, Swimming

Dean Koontz (2012). “False Memory: A thriller that plays tricks with your mind...”, p.12, Hachette UK

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

Hard Work, Writing, Desire

Dean Koontz (2008). “Watchers”, p.374, Penguin

Rub-a-dub-dub. Cerebrum in a tub.

Tubs

Guilt is a tireless horse. Grief ages into sorrow, and sorrow is an enduring rider.

Horse, Grief, Sorrow

Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.37, Bantam

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