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Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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Lots of people are unable to see all kinds of truths right in front of their eyes. The world is what we make it, and our future is ours to shape.
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If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher.
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What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace.
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...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared.
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In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.
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What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.
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No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.
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The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.
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Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.
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The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.
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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.
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You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.
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When a knot gets to tight, you can always cut the rope
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In the end, it's all about perseverance.
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I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
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The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence.
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If wishes were filet mignon, we'd always eat well at dinner
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Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.
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I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal specifically with that piece of work.
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Ignorance isn't bliss, but sometimes ignorance makes it possible for us to sleep at night.
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