Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time --affecting lives unknown to the one whoโs generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. Because kindness is passed on and grows each time itโs passed until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage, years later, and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
Dean KoontzI don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
Dean KoontzIn this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.
Dean KoontzBecause God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.
Dean KoontzNothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.
Dean KoontzEvery world has dogs or their equivalent, creatures that thrive on companionship, creatures that are of a high order of intelligence although not the highest and that therefore is simple enough in their wants and needs to remain innocent. The combination of their innocence and their intelligence allows them to serve as a bridge bewtween what is transient and what is eternal, between the finate and the infinate.
Dean Koontz