Quotes by Dean Koontz

“I suspect she must speak without emotion or otherwise entirely lose the self-control that is required to speak to me at all.”

“As we passed his table, I saw that the device that imprisoned the book was clever but wicked-looking, as though the critic were holding the work - and it's author - in bondage.”

“The greatest danger, of course, was to believe that I was equal to them, because assurance can morph into arrogance that Death loves to prove unfounded.”

“Years later, after other experiences with dogs, I wondered if their species were shaped and charmed to serve as four-legged guides able to assist in leading humanity back to our first—and lost—home...”

“Although much that was precious has been taken from me in this life, I have reason to remain an optimist. After the numerous tight scrapes I've been through, by now I should have lost one leg, thre...”

“Anyway, in those years, I was happy, as to one extent or another I have always been happy. The forest was not a wilderness to me, but served instead as my private garden, comforting in spite of its...”

“I don't desire a change of scenery or exotic experiences. My heart yearns for familiarity, stability, the comfort of home — and my sanity depends on it.”

“She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and he was dressed only in his briefs. The sight of his thin, boyish body - all ribs ...”

“All she wanted was love with respect, respect was so important to her, and I could give her that.”

“To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.”

“I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it.”

“As a writer, Bibi, you could be a doctor of the soul.”

“I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.”

“Unreason is an essential medicine as long as you do not overdose.”

“...on a subconscious level we're aware that time isn't enduring, that it is not a required condition of our existence, that there comes a point when we will have no need of it.”

“So," said the Russian, after regaining is composure, "the lesson of the model is that the universe——all its matter and forms of energy——arise out of thought.”

“More likely, they would just cease to exist.""That's death.""No, it's different. Death leaves a corps.”

“Chronologically she is twelve, but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.”

“Eventually he understood that he was crying for himself. He was ashamed of the man whom he had become, mourning the man whom he had expected to be when he'd been a boy.”

“But with one exception, all things pass from this world and time erases not just memories but entire civilizations, reducing everyone and every monument to dust. The only that survives is love, for...”