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People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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Never, never try to scope the market.
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But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.
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She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.
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In the end, it's all about perseverance.
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And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible as you expected them to be, and the good things were better than anything you could have wished for yourself.
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What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give your mind, heart, and soul. This is Grace.
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I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.
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If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.
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I think the world is an interesting place and I don't think anybody has the firm and final answer to what it is but I kind of assume there's a purpose.
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All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.
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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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We live in God's amusement park.
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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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Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.
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