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Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.
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I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.
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Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail.
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Rub-a-dub-dub. Cerebrum in a tub.
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I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
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I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
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