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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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... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the ear, and will pursue an overdue-book fine with the ferocity of a rabid ferret.
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I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.
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