Dean Koontz Quotes About Humanity

Quotes about: Humanity

• All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.

  Dean Koontz

  Heart, Fate, Hands

  Dean Koontz (2007). “From the Corner of His Eye: A Novel”, p.561, Bantam

• The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another.

  Dean Koontz

  Humanity, Odd Thomas, Inhumane

• Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.

  Dean Koontz

  Humanity, Fool, Parades

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Brother Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.73, Bantam

• I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

  Dean Koontz

  Life, Worst Enemy, Humanity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Seize the Night: A Novel”, p.35, Bantam

• Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity.

  Dean Koontz

  Pain, Humanity, Pity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.331, Bantam

• When I am battered and oppressed by the world that humanity has made - which is difference from the world that is was given - my primary defense, my consolation, is the absurdity of that world

  Dean Koontz

  Differences, Humanity, Defense

  Dean Koontz (2008). “Odd Hours: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.150, Bantam

• Although she had resisted this knowledge all her life, had lived determinedly in the future focused there by ambition, she understood at last that this was the real condition of humanity: The dance of life occurred not yesterday or tomorrow, but only here at the still point that was the present. This truth is simmple, sel-evident, but difficult to accept, for we sentimentalize the past and wallow in it, while we endure the moment and in every waking hour dream of the future.

  Dean Koontz

  Dream, Real, Ambition

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Taking: A Novel”, p.193, Bantam

• ...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared.

  Dean Koontz

  Confused, Destiny, Humanity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Winter Moon: A Novel”, p.169, Bantam

• ...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214

  Dean Koontz

  Beauty, Beautiful, Moon

• The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

  Dean Koontz

  Pain, Giving, Humanity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.331, Bantam

• Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every man would be a monster. The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

  Dean Koontz

  Pain, Humility, Men

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.331, Bantam

• Is there some meaning to this life?
  What purpose lies behind the strife?
  Whence do we come, where are we bound?
  These cold questions echo and resound
  through each day, each lonely night.
  We long to find the splendid light
  that will cast a revelatory beam
  upon the meaning of the human dream.
  Courage, love, friendship,
  compassion, and empathy
  lift us above the simple beasts
  and define humanity.

  Dean Koontz

  Love, Dream, Lonely

  Dean Koontz, “Strangers”

• Humanity was drawn to turmoil and self-destruction as inevitably as the earth was drawn to complete its annual revolution of the sun.

  Dean Koontz

  Self, Humanity, Earth

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel”, p.38, Bantam

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

  Dean Koontz

  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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