Quotes by Dean Koontz

About Dean Koontz:

Dean Ray Koontz is an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Several of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with 14 hardcovers and 14 paperbacks reaching the number one position. Koontz wrote under a number of pen names earlier in his career, including "David Axton", "Leigh Nichols" and "Brian Coffey". He has sold over 450 million copies as reported on his official site.
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...love was the closest thing to immortality that men would ever know and that the only--and best--answer to death is loving. Loving.

Dean Koontz

Chris wracked his brain for the right solution. Leadership. Strength. Loyalty- A show of loyalty.

Dean Koontz

Yes, us. And the vow I just made. Hell, Rosa, it's about your home branded on my body.

Dean Koontz

In the war, to survive, you had to be responsible every minute of every day, unhesitatingly responsible for yourself, for your every action. You had to be responsible for your buddies, too, because survival wasn't something that could be achieved alo...

Dean Koontz

She would have given up every Gathering from now until she went to join StarClan, if only she could have been sure that her sister was safe.

Dean Koontz

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

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

Dean Koontz

Hope, love and faith are in the waiting.

Dean Koontz

Waiting is one of the things that human beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully if we are to know happiness. We are impatient for the future and try to craft it with our own powers, but hte future will ...

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Whatever happens here, trust your heart. It's as true as any compass.

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It's immeasurably easier to live in a world that's all surfaces, that means nothing and demands nothing of you.

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I possess everyone who sleeps in the motor court, roam their memories, and embed recurrent nightmares that will destroy their sleep for weeks after I’ve departed them.” “I’d prefer a free continental breakfast.

Dean Koontz

I can explain why I have to do what I'm about to do, but I'm acutely aware that an explanation is not a righteous justification. What's bad is bad even if necessary.

Dean Koontz

If you really truly want to know, I've thought if I was ever free someday, I might discover I've held my tears so long that I can't cry anymore, that I'm a dry stone and nothing can ever be wrung from me.

Dean Koontz

Ambition and stupidity are a dangerous combination.

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Be you and only you, which means be you and all the people you have loved...

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Ah, sir, that's just mean. She's not a Victoria's Secret model. but she's pretty in her way.

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Knowing the names of things is a way to pay respect to the beauty of the world...

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Do not doubt the beauty of your heart.

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Every beautiful facade seemed to conceal rot and ruin that I could almost see.

Dean Koontz

Yet the human heart is disheartened by the most unreasonable self-judgments, because even when we take on giants, we too often confuse failure with fault, which I know too well. The only way back from such a bleak despondency is to shape humiliation ...

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Author Bio

  • NameDean Koontz
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesDean Ray Koontz
  • BornJuly 9, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksDemon Seed; Watchers; Hideaway; Intensity; Phantoms (novel)