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Dean Koontz Quotes - Page 8

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Six billion of us walking the planet, six billion smaller worlds on the bigger one. Shoe salesmen and short-order cooks who look boring from the outside - some have weirder lives than you. Six billion stories, every one

Six billion of us walking the planet, six billion smaller worlds on the bigger one. Shoe salesmen and short-order cooks who look boring from the outside - some have weirder lives than you. Six billion stories, every one an epic, full of tragedy and triumph, good and evil, despair and hope. You and me - we aren't so special, bro.

Epic, Order, Shoes

Dean Koontz (2007). “Fear Nothing: A Novel”, p.205, Bantam

Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses.

Understanding, Answers, Excuse

Dean Koontz (2007). “Intensity: A Novel”, p.292, Bantam

As an adult I discovered that I was a pretty good autodidact, and can teach myself all kind of things. And developed a great interest in a number of different things from how to build a street hot rod from the ground up to quantum mechanics, and those two different kinds of mechanics, and it was really in the sciences, quantum mechanics, molecular biology, I would begin looking at these things looking for ideas, but in fact you don't read it for ideas you read it for curiosity and interest in the subject.

Ideas, Two, Numbers

"The Rumpus Interview With Dean Koontz". Interview with Ben Pfeiffer, therumpus.net. December 21, 2015.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

Believe, Life Is Short, Trying

...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared.

Confused, Destiny, Humanity

Dean Koontz (2007). “Winter Moon: A Novel”, p.169, Bantam

It's only life. We all get through it. Not all of us complete the journey in the same condition. Along the way, some lose their legs or eyes in acidents or altercations, while others skate through the years with nothing worse to worry about than an occassional bad-hair day. I still possessed both legs and both eyes, and even my hair looked all right when I rose that Wednesday morning in late January. If I returned to bed sixteen hours later, having lost all my hair but nothing else, I would consider the day a triumph. Even minus a few teeth, I'd call it a triumph.

Morning, Eye, Journey

In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.

Hero, Sacrifice, Self

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.607, Bantam

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

Doe, Generations, Vomiting

Dean Koontz (2007). “Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.132, Bantam

Another way to be awakened by the beauty and complexity of the word is to get a dog. Small Things like a plant that I had passed a thousand time and never given a second thought to. But the dog is curious. And the dog stops and wants to smell this and smell that. And the dog makes you look and focus and take the time.

Dog, Smell, Focus

"The Rumpus Interview With Dean Koontz". Interview with Ben Pfeiffer, therumpus.net. December 21, 2015.

The biggest advice is being true to what you want to do. Don't worry if other people understand it or don't understand it. If what you're doing has merit, it will find its way.

People, Worry, Advice

"The Rumpus Interview With Dean Koontz". Interview with Ben Pfeiffer, therumpus.net. December 21, 2015.

I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known.... The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into useful activity instead of being paralyzed by it - is that by the time you reach the end of a novel, you know precisely why you made every decision in the narrative, the multiple purposes of every metaphor and image.

Self, Decision, Doubt

I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've always trusted it. Trust me now. There's a reason I am the way I am, and there's a reason I was born to you. There's always a reason. We belong together.

Differences, Together, Way

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.

Lying, Water, Toasters

What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace.

Wisdom, Believe, Heart

Dean Koontz (2007). “Fear Nothing: A Novel”, p.192, Bantam

One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

People, Sorrow, Alive

Dean Koontz (2003). “Lightning”, p.24, Penguin

He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or cicadas. Something was out there. An intruder of which the ordinary forest creatures clearly did not approve. He took a deep breath and held it again, straining to hear the slightest movement in the woods. This time he detected the rustle of brush, a snapping twig, the soft crunch of dry leaves-and the unnervingly peculiar, heavy, ragged breathing of something big.

Breathing, Silence, Bird

Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity.

Pain, Humanity, Pity

Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.331, Bantam

How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies, crimson sunsets, a kiss, and life.

Life, Spring, Butterfly

Dean Koontz (2007). “Brother Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.103, Bantam

We need to laugh at the irrationality of evil, for in doing so we deny evil's power over us, diminish its influence in the world, and tarnish the allure it has for some people.

People, Evil, Laughing

Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.139, Bantam

Pain is all I know." He murmured. "Peace is all I want

Pain, Want, Knows

Dean Koontz (2012). “The Frankenstein Series 5-Book Bundle: Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, City of Night, Dead and Alive, Lost Souls, The Dead Town”, p.213, Bantam

What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.

Love, Age, Together

Dean Koontz (2007). “Forever Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.318, Bantam

Blizzards, floods, volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes: They fascinate because they nakedly reveal that Mother Nature, afflicted with bipolar disorder, is as likely to snuff us as she is to succor us.

Mother, Earthquakes, Bipolar

Dean Koontz (2007). “The Taking: A Novel”, p.11, Bantam

The primitive in each of us climbs closer to the surface during the night, for the moon sings to it, and the cold void between the stars speaks its language. To that savage self, evil can look lovely in too little light.

Stars, Moon, Night

Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.136, Bantam

On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.

Life, Taken, One Day

Dean Koontz (2007). “Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel”, p.255, Bantam

Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.

Vocabulary, Going Away, Trying

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