But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring…

Dean Koontz
349 citations
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead, would spawn a comforting self-pity. ✨ Dean Koontz (2001). Dark Rivers of the Heart/Intensity/Sole Survivor: Three Complete Novels by Dean Koontz
Love Reading
20

More Author Quotes

He felt ... a suspicion-no, a conviction-than he had been abandoned, forgotten, and that no one in the whole world cared or would ever care enough about him to really find out what he was like and wh … ▶
But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Life Expectancy, p.60, Bantam
A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope. ✨ Dean Koontz (2007). Velocity: A Novel, p.50, Bantam
Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.
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 … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes