Quotes About Dean Koontz

Puppies are adorable. I'm not a puppy.

I disliked guns, but I learned to use them. I had come to understand guns, that they were tools and that they were no more evil, in their essence, than pliers and wrenches. At times, they were a necessity. In a world of evil, they were often also a blessing. Now and then, as I've said, I was able to

I am told not to let the tone of this narrative become too dark. A certain 400-pound muse will park his 150-pound ass on me by way of editorial comment, and there is always the threat of his urine-filled cat.

reality is perception perception change....reality is fluid so if by reality you mean reliably tangible objects and immutable events then theres no such thing

Another plum, another plum, another plum for me! Jocko shakes the cyber tree! Ah ha-ha-ha, Ah ha-ha-ha!

A species that can blind itself to truth, that can plunge so enthusiastically along roads that lead nowhere but to tragedy, is sometimes amusing in its recklessness...

No offense intended to the satanists who might be reading this, but I have found that those who worship the devil tend to be sneaky, more deceitful by far than your average Methodist—and proud of it.

because wonder admits to the existence of mystery, and the recognition of mystery in the world allows the possibility of Truth.

consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.

His love was an architect that entirely remade the reality of the chapel, transforming it into a cathedral as grand as any in the world.

Of course, one must always remember that although The Sound of Music is the most feel-good movie musical of all time, it is crammed full of Nazis.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility.… —T. S. Eliot, East Coker

so I start reciting a couple of Shel Silverstein poems I've memorized, and I verse myself all the way across the room to a big round opening you could drive a Mack truck through if you knew how to drive, which I don't.

and women merely because of the way that they treated us. They had anxieties we could never understand. He said that we of the hidden had our burdens, but those who lived in the open carried far heavier burdens than ours, which was true.

I don't allow flying nuns in my convent," she said. "They tend to be frivolous, and during night flight, they're prone to crashing through windows.

I have found that those who worship the devil tend to be sneaky, more deceitful by far than your average Methodist—and proud of it.

If these people harbored secrets that might destroy them, inviting strangers to stay in Roseland was self-destructive.

The doll twitched. Its head turned slightly toward Tommy. Its green eye fixed on him.

There is no other rational response but happiness. Despair is a foolish squandering of precious time.

Rupert Clockenwall seemed to have been too bland a soul to come back from the grave on a haunt.

Amalia insisted he wasn't cold, but only wounded by life and emotionally isolated.

In those days, cigarette companies could still advertise on television, but lawyers couldn't; some changes are for the better, and others are not.

And bring her around to bear witness to my beautiful exploded cow and the villainy it represents.

This side of Eden, whether we realize it or not, we feel the stain on our souls, and at every opportunity, we try to scrub it away with steel-wool guilt.