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Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.
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mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can create as God creates, then we have to learn to act with the justice and mercy of God.
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Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it is turned.
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Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.
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Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.
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There’s just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It’s not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it’s that when you gaze into your own eyes, you don’t see what you wish to see—or glimpse something that you wish weren’t there.
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No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.
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Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every man would be a monster. The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.
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