“ But the universe in its immensity is nevertheless of a piece, and what applies at one end of it applies at the other. No doubt misery, like happiness and hope, is found throughout the stars. Dean Koontz
“ Then the clarifying thing happens, and what you need to do, what you must do, is not a question, not demand more revelation than what is given, be quiet in the face of it, quiet and grateful that it h… Dean Koontz
“ Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage are his insulation against pain. Dean Koontz
“ I don't know if this deception qualified as a half-step down the slippery slope. I had no sensation of sliding. But of course we never notice the descent until we're rocketing along at high velocity. Dean Koontz
“ I'd had much practice turning my mind away from certain memories of my childhood. I could quickly dial her remembered voice from a whisper to a silence. Dean Koontz
“ But with the morning almost gone, with seven bodachs in the recreation room, with living boneyards stalking the storm, with Death opening the door to a luge chute and inviting me to go for a bobsled r… Dean Koontz
“ Every day we make our way through a moral forest, along pathways ever branching. Often we get lost.When the array of paths before us is so perplexing that we can't make a choice, or won't, we can hope… Dean Koontz
“ But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern Dean Koontz
“ The uniqueness of every soul is not a theme that our current culture, obsessed with group identities, cares to assert. Dean Koontz
“ Evil travels the world in anonymity, its presence revealed only by the periodic consequences of its desires... Dean Koontz
“ These days, all I ask 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. Dean Koontz
“ In twenty-one years, I have not considered changing to Todd. The bizarre course of my life suggests that Odd is more suited to me, whether it was conferred by my parents with intention or fate. Dean Koontz
“ She is a girl who feels things strongly, and though cynics might mock her for that, I never will, as it is perhaps the best of graces: to feel deeply, to care profoundly. Dean Koontz
“ Darkness doesn't fall at a predictable schedule. Darkness can overwhelm you any time of the day, as you know well. Dean Koontz
“ To protect the innocent, to avoid being one of Burke's good men who do nothing, you have to accept permanent scars that cincture the heart and traumas of the mind that occasionally reopen to weep agai… Dean Koontz
