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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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The human species was too fond of lying, cheating, envy, ignorance, self-pity, self-righteousness, and utopian visions that always led to mass murder-but until and if it destroyed itself, it harbored the potential to become nobler, to take responsibility for its actions, to live and let live, and to earn the stewardship of the earth.
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Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.
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Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.
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Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price?
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In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.
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What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?
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Life without meaning cannot be borne. We find a mission to which we're sworn -or answer the call of Death's dark horn. Without a gleaning of purpose in life, we have no vision, we live in strife, -or let blood fall on a suicide knife.
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Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss.
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Rub-a-dub-dub. Cerebrum in a tub.
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Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
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When we don't allow ourselves to hope, we don't allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We've no light within, and we're just living to die.
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