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The hatred of truth is the taproot of violence.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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All these girls swooning over hunky vampires, what they really want is to give away their freedom, to be controlled and told what to do and not have to think -- and never die, of course. It's sick is what it is. I don't want to be a forever-young living corpse.
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When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.
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We are not strangers to ourselves, we only try to be.
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Behind every closed door might wait a thief of minds and a collector of souls.
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I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep the pleated shades down at all times while working. I know I'm a potential slacker, so I don't tempt myself.
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I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.
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In the real world as in dreams nothing is quite what it seems. -The Book of Counted Sorrows
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She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.
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My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.
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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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Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.
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...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.
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