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...at it's best fiction is medicine.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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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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There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.
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