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Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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Loving the ideal more than the reality is the cause of all the misery the human species creates for itself.
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From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.
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Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular.
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