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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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Shakespeare again. Once you let him into your head, he takes up tenancy and will not leave.
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Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.
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Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't going to happen.
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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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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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The world is full of broken people. Splints, casts, miracle drugs, and time can't mend fractured hearts, wounded hearts, wounded minds, torn spirits.
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Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.
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...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214
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The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality.
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If dogs talked, one of them would be president by now. Everybody likes dogs.
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In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.
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When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.
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