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Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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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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Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.
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In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.
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A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.
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Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
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Hope is the destination that we seek. Love is the road that leads to hope. Courage is the motor that drives us. We travel out of darkness into faith.
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Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.
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If dogs talked, one of them would be president by now. Everybody likes dogs.
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What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?
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Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.
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No one can tell you what your heart should feel.
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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 wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.
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What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.
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When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth. These truths will rarely be Truth at all they will be only collections of personal preferences and prejudices.
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The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.
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On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.
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Never, never try to scope the market.
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Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.
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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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