Dean KoontzIn the real world as in dreams nothing is quite what it seems. -The Book of Counted Sorrows371ReadingSadness
Dean KoontzSome argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his generation by spending considerable time and ef… ▶361ReflectionTime
Dean KoontzWhen things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and I've found th… ▶361Humor
Dean KoontzHe said, if you allow yourself to be enchanted by the beauty to be seen in even ordinary things, then all things proved to be extraordinary.362Sadness
Dean KoontzThe things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way. ✨ Dean Koontz (2016).… ▶351Reading
Dean KoontzEach smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time --affecting lives unknown to the one who’s generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. … ▶351Time
Dean KoontzThe opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat … ▶351LovePoliticsReading
Dean KoontzLife had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs. ✨ Dean Koontz (2014). The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, For… ▶373LifeReading
Dean KoontzWhiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details. ✨ Dean Koontz (2012). False Memory: A thriller that plays tricks with your mind..., p.12, Hachett… ▶373Thought
Dean KoontzWhat will happen will happen. There is time for miracles until there is no more time, but time has no end.352Time
Dean KoontzHuman beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.352HumanityLove
Dean KoontzThis may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make us consider that we should trust our intuition as they trust theirs and… ▶374LifeReflection
Dean KoontzMy wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.352Death
Dean KoontzSomebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.363Death
Dean KoontzThese days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). The Good Guy, p.132, Bant… ▶341HumanityTime
Dean KoontzWithout trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.424, Bantam374ReadingThought
Dean KoontzI don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.353Philosophy
Dean KoontzI was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp. ✨ Twitter post from Jan 21, 2015342Reading
Dean KoontzNarcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility. Each of us is a potential source of foolishness, e… ▶375LifeLoveReading
Dean KoontzI am the One, and I see all. But the blind man in Apartment 1-A is blind in many ways, as are all human beings, even those with functioning eyes. They are blind to their folly, to… ▶342HopeHumanityTime
Dean KoontzGrapes 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, … ▶342Sadness
Dean KoontzHuman beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.342Humanity
Dean KoontzPain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.321, Bantam353ReadingSadness
Dean KoontzWhat year these events transpired is of no consequence. Where they occured is not important. The time is always, and the place is everywhere. ✨ Dean Koontz (2010). What the … ▶353ReadingTime
Dean Koontz...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Life Expectancy, p.72, Bantam376LifeThought
Dean KoontzNo one's life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the world, to s… ▶376HopeLifeLove
Dean KoontzEvery world has dogs or their equivalent, creatures that thrive on companionship, creatures that are of a high order of intelligence although not the highest and that therefore is… ▶321Reading
Dean KoontzChange isn't easy... changing the way you live means changing what you believe about life. That's hard... When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even when we want s… ▶376LifeReadingTime
Dean KoontzThe recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.331, Bantam332HumanityReadingSadness
Dean KoontzAny drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist. ✨ Dean Koontz (2016). The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever… ▶321Reading
