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My 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.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.
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All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.
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Love and sausage are alike. Can never have enough of either.
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You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.
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...at it's best fiction is medicine.
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Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.
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I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.
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That's all that matters, really: that we can make each other feel better.
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I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.
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Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.
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