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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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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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Only the human spirit can act with volition and consciously change itself it is the only thing in all creation that is not entirely at the mercy of forces outside itself.
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There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.
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We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness and despair.
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I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow.
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One door away from heaven And the key is ours to lose. One door away from heaven But oh, the entry dues.
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Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.
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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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Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it is turned.
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From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.
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Maybe there's nothing impossible tonight. We're down the hole to Wonderland, and no White Rabbit to guide us. If I remember correctly, the White Rabbit was an unreliable guide, anyway.
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Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth.
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Imagine that you are more than nothing. Evil made you, but you are no more evil than a child unborn. If you want, if you seek, if you hope, who is to say that your hope might not be answered?
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I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.
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Faced with the challenge of an endless universe, Man will be forced to mature further, just as the Neanderthal-faced with an entire planet-had no choice but to grow away from the tradition of savagery.
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When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
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The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.
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I believe in the possibility of miracles but, more to the point, I believe in our need for them.
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...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.
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Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.
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