Odd Thomas Quotes

• Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

  Dean Koontz

  Cows, Evening

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2013

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• Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

  Dean Koontz

  Doe, Generations, Vomiting

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.132, Bantam

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• Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

  Dean Koontz

  Beautiful, Blessed, Thinking

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.267, Bantam

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• Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

  Dean Koontz

  Self, Drunk, Car

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.72, Bantam

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• Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

  Dean Koontz

  Childhood, Insane, Heritage

  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.268, Bantam

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

  Dean Koontz

  Humanity, Inhumane, Traits

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• I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

  Dean Koontz

  Inspirational, Believe, Skills

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• Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.

  Dean Koontz

  Fate, Different, Path

  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.149, Bantam

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• I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him.

  Dean Koontz

  Death, Mean, Ready

  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.16, Bantam

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• More to the point, I know why soldiers, home from war, seldom tell their families about their exploits in more than general terms. We who survive must go on in the names of those who fall, but if we dwell too much on the vivid details of what we've witnessed of man's inhumanity to man, we simply can't go on. perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

  Dean Koontz

  Perseverance, War, Fall

  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.294, Bantam

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

  Dean Koontz

  Stupid, Vigor, Given

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• Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

  Dean Koontz

  Running, Perseverance, Feet

  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.211, Bantam

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• Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

  Dean Koontz

  Mean, Psychology, Structure

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.189, Bantam

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• I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise.

  Dean Koontz

  People, Devil, Needs

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.46, Bantam

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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.

  Dean Koontz

  Self, Mad, Doubt

  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.81, Bantam

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• In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.

  Dean Koontz

  Despair, Cheerful, Leviathan

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.234, Bantam

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• Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

  Dean Koontz

  Adventure, Long, Littles

  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.14, Bantam

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• If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.

  Dean Koontz

  Laughing, Facts, Ifs

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.375, Bantam

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• You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

  Dean Koontz

  Play, Imagination, Live Your Life

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.5, Bantam

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• I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!

  Dean Koontz

  People, Dead People

  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.34, Bantam

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• I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I am old enough to be distrusted, to be excluded forever from the magical community of the short and beardless.

  Dean Koontz

  Wise, Children, Years

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.1, Bantam

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• We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

  Dean Koontz

  Lying, Heart, May

  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.315, Bantam

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• Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.

  Dean Koontz

  Men, Good Woman, Best Things

  Twitter post from Apr 24, 2015

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• Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

  Dean Koontz

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Impossible

  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.294, Bantam

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• The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is not the can. On those nights when you lie awake, either man or boy, wondering about yourself, peeling away one layer of oddness after another, you should remember and always be grateful that the woefully imperfect person that you are, with all your contradictions and unworthy desires, is not the best of you, any more than the wrapper is the best part of a Mr. Goodbar. -Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koonts pgs. 354-355 chapter 53

  Dean Koontz

  Lying, Grateful, Boys

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.1422, Bantam

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