Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or fea…

Dean Koontz
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Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.321, Bantam
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Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.321, Bantam

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