Dean Koontz Quotes

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• The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls

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  Dog, Kindness, Selfish

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.107, Bantam

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• Intuition is seeing with the soul.

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  Soul, Intuition, Instinct

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• No one can tell you what your heart should feel.

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  Heart, Should, Feels

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.232, Bantam

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• The only thing I know for sure is how much I do not know.

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  Knows

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.590, Bantam

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• You know what's wrong with humanity?... The greatest gift we were given is our free will, and we keep misusing it.

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  Humanity, Free Will, Given

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.559, Bantam

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• Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yesterday, don't worry about tomorrow, live in the moment, and trust that your existence has meaning even when the world seems to be all blind chance and chaos. When life lands a hammer blow in your face, do your best to respond to the hammer as if it had been a cream pie.

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  True Friend, Fun, Sacrifice

  Dean Koontz (2012). “Seize the Night”, p.63, Hachette UK

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• Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of mankind, better suited than the little people are to manage the little people's lives. They think they have the one true vision, the ability to solve all the moral dilemmas of the century. They prefer big government because that is the first step to totalitarianism, toward unquestioned rule by the elite. And of course they see themselves as the elite.

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  Running, Believe, Intelligent

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• Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard.

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  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  Dean Koontz (2007). “One Door Away from Heaven: A Novel”, p.8, Bantam

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• Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

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  Light, Have Faith, Moments

  Dean Koontz (2007). “One Door Away from Heaven: A Novel”, p.134, Bantam

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• As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope

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  Laughter, Long, Without Hope

  Dean Koontz (1999). “Seize the Night”, Bantam

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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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  Hurt, Real, Hero

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Winter Moon: A Novel”, p.387, Bantam

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• Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.

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  Love, Thinking, Compassion

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• No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.

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  Happiness, Choices, Happiness Is A Choice

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Life Expectancy”, p.317, Bantam

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• Reality isn't what it used to be.

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  Reality, Used, Used To Be

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Taking: A Novel”, p.204, Bantam

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• Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

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  Dog, Prayer, Heart

  Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.80, Bantam

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• Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

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  Stupid, Vigor, Given

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• The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of it. The more you love, the more you will be loved. The more you give, the more you will receive. Life proves that truth every hour, every day. And life continues to surprise.

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  Laughter, Giving, Laughing

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• Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

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  Mind, Midnight, Sometimes

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Fear Nothing: A Novel”, p.138, Bantam

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• Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

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  Cake, Funny Food, Sweet Tooth

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• If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.

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  Grateful, People, Giving

  Dean Koontz (1999). “Seize the Night”, Bantam

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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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  Love, Faith, Darkness

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Intensity: A Novel”, p.12, Bantam

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• If dogs talked, one of them would be president by now. Everybody likes dogs.

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  Dog, President, Would Be

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• Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.

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  Mind, Kingdoms, Mystery

  FaceBook post by Dean Koontz from Mar 11, 2016

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• Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.

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  Loss, Doubt, Poison

  Dean Koontz (2013). “Innocence (with bonus short story Wilderness): A Novel”, p.265, Bantam

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• In the end, it's all about perseverance.

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  Perseverance, Funny Wedding, Ends

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