Dean Koontz
we must seize life because we never know how much of it remains for us, that faith is the antidote to despair and that laughter is the music of faith.Collection: Laughter
...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.Collection: Keys
I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!Collection: People
Holy men tell us life is a mystery. They embrace that concept happily. But some mysteries bite and bark and come to get you in the dark.Collection: Dark
The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.Collection: Affectionate
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.Collection: Girl
Hope is the destination that we seek. Love is the road that leads to hope. Courage is the motor that drives us. We travel out of darkness into faith.Collection: Destination
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.Collection: Stories
In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it’s at the extreme end of their experience.Collection: Stories