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How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies, crimson sunsets, a kiss, and life.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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In each little life, we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all things in the universe. If we alow ourselves to be enchanted by the beauty of the ordinary, we begin to see that all things extraordinary.
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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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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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It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet
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Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss.
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She says what holds their marriage together is that she feels too damn sorry for him to ask for a divorce.
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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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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 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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One door away from heaven And the key is ours to lose. One door away from heaven But oh, the entry dues.
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Writing isn't a source of pain. It's psychic chemotherapy. It reduces your psychological tumors and relieves your pain.
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Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate it befalls us at our invitation.
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... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the ear, and will pursue an overdue-book fine with the ferocity of a rabid ferret.
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Love and sausage are alike. Can never have enough of either.
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That's all that matters, really: that we can make each other feel better.
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The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.
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If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.
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Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.
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