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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.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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