Quotes from Dean Koontz

For a while, as the spent sky sluggishly refilled its reservoir with laden clouds drawn off the ocean, Bibi

I wonder sometimes why those who theorize about the human mind can so easily believe in the existence of things they cannot see or measure, or in any meaningful way confirm as real—such as the id, the ego, the unconscious I—but nevertheless dismiss as superstitious those who believe the body has a soul.

Get real, my friend. If this is a crime scene and if the girl is attractive, her looks could have something to do with why she was murdered. A former husband. A jealous boyfriend.

Justice was nothing but a concept, not a fact, manipulated and ceaselessly redefined by everyone from the manufacturers of pop culture in Hollywood to politicians to self-appointed deep thinkers who were as susceptible to intellectual fashion trends as the average teenager was driven to want whatever sneakers and jeans were the cool gear of the moment.

Not worried exactly, but puzzled, I went down to the dock

She shrugs into a beige sport coat and drops the two spare magazines in its pockets.

this land where freedom made possible the unlimited use of the human imagination and facilitated technology advanced enough to save the world when the world needed saving

Depending on the breed, a canine's sense of smell is between ten thousand times and a hundred thousand times greater than ours.

It is the history of evil people that they first seek to destroy innocence because innocence is beauty, and then seek to destroy what is merely beautiful because it reminds them of the innocence they have forsaken.

But in war, you do the right thing, whatever it takes, and if you come out alive, you know how easy you could have screwed up, so bragging on it is dead-solid wrong. Only assholes do that.

Not long ago, ninety percent of homicides were committed by people who knew their victims. Now as many as thirty percent involved people who didn't know each other. Once a crime of intimacy, homicide was becoming as random as death by lightning.

Anywhere includes everywhere. If it does not matter where we go, then surely there can be no point in going.

So people traveling sideways through the infinite multiverse could return to a specific alternate timeline instead of always being flung across the spectrum of worlds willy-nilly, like tumbling dice.

freedom can't exist without the choice between right and wrong.

she threads a holster onto her belt and slips the 9 mm Glock into it.

Ultimately, failure can be the father of success if one learns from the errors made.

Oh, that's sad. You resorted to an arbitrary number. That reveals a shallow capacity for independent thought and analysis.

Sure, I can turn on the TV or music, but even then I can't turn off the quiet, the emptiness.

In addition to the garlic, verbena aftershave, coconut-scented hand sanitizer, antiperspirant, ChapStick, pee on the shoes, anger, and hatred, Frank also smelled of the particular kind of fear that had a sour edge and was called cowardice

and a hundred thousand times greater than ours.

the heart cannot flourish on logic alone. Unreason is an essential medicine as long as you do not overdose.

She does not always carry a concealed weapon when outside.

The Fates are master sharpshooters, and the easy target is the one who's standing still.

we're finally getting a little wisdom when we're able to see that even loss can be beautiful if it makes us love more the things we haven't lost.