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The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.
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Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal.
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I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment.
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Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth.
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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 and elbows and knees - pulled at her heart, for he looked so innocent and vulnerable. He was so small and fragile that she wondered how she could ever protect him, and renewed fear rose in her.
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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.
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Ignorance isn't bliss, but sometimes ignorance makes it possible for us to sleep at night.
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Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood.
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The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof I need that human beings are not mere animals of self-interest. We carry within us a divine spark, and if we chose to recognize it, our lives have dignity, meaning, hope.
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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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Only the human spirit can act with volition and consciously change itself; it is the only thing in all creation that is not entirely at the mercy of forces outside itself.
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Unreason is an essential medicine as long as you do not overdose.
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When new hopes fail, old hopes return in the endless cycle of desperation.
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If Edgar Allan Poe were alive today, his agent would be constantly slapping him upside the head with tightly rolled copies of his brilliant short stories and novelettes, yelling, 'Full-length novels, you moron! Pay attention! What's the matter with you -- are you shooting heroin or something? Write for the market! No more of this midlength 'Fall of the House of Usher' crap
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Dean Koontz
Born:
July 9, 1945
(age 78)
Bio:
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.
Known for:
Odd Thomas (2003)
Ashley Bell (2015)
Phantoms (1983)
The Husband (2006)
Fear Nothing (1998)
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