The only thing we can't buy more of is time." she said. "And dodo birds. We can't buy any more of them. they're extinct. And dinosaurs. Dean Koontz More Quotes by Dean Koontz More Quotes From Dean Koontz What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred. Dean Koontz age together love I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational. Dean Koontz balance reason sweet I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp. Dean Koontz lamps halos reading Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn. Dean Koontz grateful believe school All these girls swooning over hunky vampires, what they really want is to give away their freedom, to be controlled and told what to do and not have to think -- and never die, of course. It's sick is what it is. I don't want to be a forever-young living corpse. Dean Koontz girl giving thinking Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price? Dean Koontz ice knowing laughing The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is not the can. On those nights when you lie awake, either man or boy, wondering about yourself, peeling away one layer of oddness after another, you should remember and always be grateful that the woefully imperfect person that you are, with all your contradictions and unworthy desires, is not the best of you, any more than the wrapper is the best part of a Mr. Goodbar. -Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koonts pgs. 354-355 chapter 53 Dean Koontz grateful boys lying Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility. Each of us is a potential source of foolishness, each of us must endure the consequences of the foolishness of others, and in addition to all of that, Nature frequently works to impress upon us our absurdity and thereby remind us that we are not the masters of the universe that we like to suppose we are. - Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz pg 62 chapter 8 Dean Koontz humility self age Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe you have it all mapped out, you aren't paying attention or you've anesthetized yourself with booze or drugs, or with a comforting ideology. And if you don't think life's a comedy - well, friend, you might as well hurry along to that burial. The rest of us need people with whom we can laugh. -Odd Thomas -Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz pg 30 chapter 4 Dean Koontz believe people thinking Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible. Dean Koontz obligation talent use Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret." Odd Thomas Dean Koontz regret matter needs If we were capable of thinking of everything, we would still be living in Eden, rent-free with all-you-can-eat buffets and infinitely better daytime TV programming. Dean Koontz buffets eden thinking Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope. Dean Koontz encouraging perseverance impossible The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness. Dean Koontz mockery affectionate foolishness It was one of those rare times when remembering the dead was more inmportant than tending to the needs of the living. Dean Koontz remember needs There is nothing fatherly about time and what it does to us, either. Dean Koontz doe time Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told. Dean Koontz mind book people Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path. Dean Koontz fate different path Then what are you? An electronic Hannibal Lector? You can't eat my liver with fava beans through a modem, you know. Dean Koontz lectors beans fear Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have. Dean Koontz too-much simple quiet
