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In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep the pleated shades down at all times while working. I know I'm a potential slacker, so I don't tempt myself.
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Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment.
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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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Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.
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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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When a knot gets to tight, you can always cut the rope
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Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss.
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Ignorance isn't bliss, but sometimes ignorance makes it possible for us to sleep at night.
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