Dean Koontz Quotes about Giving

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The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of it. The more you love, the more you will be loved. The more you give,

The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of it. The more you love, the more you will be loved. The more you give, the more you will receive. Life proves that truth every hour, every day. And life continues to surprise.

Dean Koontz

Laughter, Giving, Laughing

If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.

Dean Koontz

Grateful, People, Giving

Dean Koontz (1999). “Seize the Night”, Bantam

None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.

Dean Koontz

Light, Giving, Darkness

Dean Koontz (2007). “One Door Away from Heaven: A Novel”, p.680, Bantam

Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.

Dean Koontz

Dog, Loss, Giving

In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half.

Dean Koontz

Night, Light, Giving

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.

Dean Koontz

Book, People, Giving

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

Dean Koontz

Keys, Giving, Mind

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

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Dean Koontz

Courage, Giving, Desire

Dean Koontz (2007). “Seize the Night: A Novel”, p.50, Bantam

All these girls swooning over hunky vampires, what they really want is to give away their freedom, to be controlled and told what to do and not have to think -- and never die, of course. It's sick is what it is. I don't want to be a forever-young living corpse.

Dean Koontz

Girl, Thinking, Giving

Dean Koontz (2010). “What the Night Knows (with bonus novella Darkness Under the Sun): A Novel”, p.70, Bantam