Top 500 Dean Koontz Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.”

— Dean Koontz

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

— Dean Koontz

103. “We are buried when we’re born. The world is a place of graves occupied and graves potential. Life is what happens while we wait for our appointment with the mortician.”

— Dean Koontz

104. “Atlas isn’t carrying the world on his shoulders, no giant muscular hulk with a sense of responsibility; the world is balanced on a pyramid of clowns, and they are always tooting horns and wobbling and goosing each other.”

— Dean Koontz

105. “Reality isn’t what it used to be.”

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106. “When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.”

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107. “In my bones, I know that I am not long for this world.”

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108. “My life has a mysterious purpose that I don’t understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.”

— Dean Koontz

109. “When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth. These truths will rarely be Truth at all; they will be only collections of personal preferences and prejudices.”

— Dean Koontz

110. “Faced with the challenge of an endless universe, Man will be forced to mature further, just as the Neanderthal-faced with an entire planet-had no choice but to grow away from the tradition of savagery.”

— Dean Koontz

111. “Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.”

— Dean Koontz

112. “Nothing before its time, son. Everything in its own time, to its own schedule.”

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113. “The dance of life occurred not yesterday or tomorrow, but only here at the still point that was the present. This truth is simple, self-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

114. “Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.”

— Dean Koontz

115. “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

116. “Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.”

— Dean Koontz

117. “Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.”

— Dean Koontz

118. “Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.”

— Dean Koontz

119. “Ambition and stupidity are a dangerous combination.”

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120. “Life’s mysterious, strange, and full of wonders – and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.”

— Dean Koontz

121. “The hard rain nailed the night to the city.”

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122. “If you write with passion in your own style, you will make a place for yourself.”

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123. “I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that it’s more easily understood.”

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124. “Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses.”

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125. “As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope.”

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126. “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

127. “The ineffable would not be ineffable if it could be described.”

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128. “Intuition is the highest form of knowledge. What we learn from others can be mistaught by those not a fraction as knowledgeable as they pretend or by those who are propagandists with agendas. We are born with intuition, however, which includes the natural law, a sense of right and wrong.”

— Dean Koontz

129. “The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn’t it? We’re reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.”

— Dean Koontz

130. “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

131. “We can approach belief from an intellectual path, but in the end, God must be taken on faith. Proofs are for things of this world, things in time and of time, not beyond time.”

— Dean Koontz

132. “But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.”

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133. “I’m small, I’m young – and I’m so different. You’ve always respected that difference, and you’ve always trusted it. Trust me now. There’s a reason I am the way I am, and there’s a reason I was born to you. There’s always a reason. We belong together.”

— Dean Koontz

134. “Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal.”

— Dean Koontz

135. “Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it’s also the teacher that’s the most difficult to ignore.”

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136. “What most people call truth is merely the surface, and under it lies a great depth of truth that they do not perceive.”

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137. “Inaction counted as a choice.”

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138. “Despair is good. Despair can be the nadir of one life and the starting point of an ascent into another, better one.”

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139. “Like children, dogs want discipline and are most secure when they have rules to live by. The happiest dogs are those with gentle masters who quietly but firmly demand respect.”

— Dean Koontz

140. “When life hands us a beutiful bouquet of flowers we stare at it in cautious expectation of a bee.”

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141. “The biggest advice is being true to what you want to do. Don’t worry if other people understand it or don’t understand it. If what you’re doing has merit, it will find its way.”

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142. “Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun.”

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143. “In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.”

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144. “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.”

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145. “Desperation is energized despair, and despair is the abandonment of hope.”

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146. “No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.”

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147. “Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.”

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148. “You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, ’cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.”

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149. “Home is the first refuge from – and last defense against – the disappointments and the terrors of life.”

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150. “The sane understand that human beings are incapable of sustaining conspiracies on a grand scale, because some of our most defining qualities as a species are inattention to detail, a tendency to panic, and an inability to keep our mouths shut.”

— Dean Koontz