As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope Dean Koontz More Quotes by Dean Koontz More Quotes From Dean Koontz I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity. Dean Koontz worst-enemyhumanitylife A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside. Dean Koontz mendeathpeople Another way to be awakened by the beauty and complexity of the word is to get a dog. Small Things like a plant that I had passed a thousand time and never given a second thought to. But the dog is curious. And the dog stops and wants to smell this and smell that. And the dog makes you look and focus and take the time. Dean Koontz smellfocusdog 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. Dean Koontz worryadvicepeople I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known.... The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into useful activity instead of being paralyzed by it - is that by the time you reach the end of a novel, you know precisely why you made every decision in the narrative, the multiple purposes of every metaphor and image. Dean Koontz decisionselfdoubt 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 differencestogetherway 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. Dean Koontz odd-thomasmeandeath When tempest tossed, embrace chaos Dean Koontz tempestchaosliterature A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind. Dean Koontz long-walkscreativedog I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month. Dean Koontz toasterswaterlying Six billion of us walking the planet, six billion smaller worlds on the bigger one. Shoe salesmen and short-order cooks who look boring from the outside - some have weirder lives than you. Six billion stories, every one an epic, full of tragedy and triumph, good and evil, despair and hope. You and me - we aren't so special, bro. Dean Koontz shoesepicorder Although the human heart is selfish and arrogant, so many struggle against their selfishness and learn humility; because of them, as long as there is life, there is hope that beauty lost can be rediscovered, that what has been reviled can be redeemed. Dean Koontz selfishstruggleheart We yearn for tomorrow and the progress that it represents. But yesterday was once tomorrow, and where was progress in it? Or we yearn for yesterday, for what was or what might have been. But as we are yearning, the present is becoming the past, so the past is nothing but our yearning for second chances. Dean Koontz second-chanceyesterdaypast We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts. Dean Koontz heartmaylying I believe in the possibility of miracles but, more to the point, I believe in our need for them. Dean Koontz miraclebelieveneeds Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else from our awareness and focuses us as perfectly as we can ever be focused. Dean Koontz painbodymind One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others. Dean Koontz alivesorrowpeople In the wind, the trees, like agitated lions preparing to roar, shook their great green manes. Dean Koontz lionstreewind You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you. Dean Koontz causeslimitsworry Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him. Dean Koontz desperateworking-itpieces
