Quotes by Dean Koontz

687 quotes found

Writer and screenwriter · American · 1945

American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)

Wikipedia

Common Themes

odd-thomas life death love fear evil hope truth dogs beauty annamaria world fate inspirational time heart grace eddie-fischer darkness loss innocence grief faith courage dean-koontz rodion-romanovich universe reality god mystery

“Denial couldn't be maintained.”
— Dean Koontz
denial effort life odd-thomas

“...your life is yours to shape as you wish with free will...”
— Dean Koontz
free-will life shape

“Sometimes you have to break a rule to save the system.”
— Dean Koontz
rules wisdom wit

“I needed a moment to understand that I'd been dreaming, that I had come awake, and another moment to remember where I had gone to bed.”
— Dean Koontz
awake confusion disoriented fear

“...because wherever else the future leads, it leads ultimately to death, the end that is present in my beginning and in yours.”
— Dean Koontz
beginning death end life

“I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.”
— Dean Koontz
angel halo reading-lamp

“Well, Mr Thomas, while I'm in favour of education, I couldn't in good conscience recommend a university career in anything but the hard sciences. As a working environment, the rest of academia is a...”
— Dean Koontz
novels