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I fall down on the side of free will, simply because if you look at where I came from, and what I was able to do in my life, what was able to happen.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.
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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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I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.
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I don't write a quick draft and then revise instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.
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Humanity was drawn to turmoil and self-destruction as inevitably as the earth was drawn to complete its annual revolution of the sun.
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I'll sit in the park and feed the pigeons for a while.' We don't have pigeons.' Then I'll feed the pterodactyls.
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All I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.... The problem is finding smile-inducing evil people, because the evil are the most humorless, though in the movies they frequently get some of the best lines.
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Living in the modern age, death for virtue is the wage. So it seems in darker hours. Evil wins, kindness cowers. Ruled by violence and vice we all stand upon thin ice. Are we brave or are we mice, here upon such thin, thin ice? Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price?
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As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope
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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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The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.
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Maybe there's nothing impossible tonight. We're down the hole to Wonderland, and no White Rabbit to guide us. If I remember correctly, the White Rabbit was an unreliable guide, anyway.
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Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.
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Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal.
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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.
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Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.
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