Little mouse, you were so quick, so bright, so sweet, so full of life. And you still are everything you were then. None of itโs lost forever. All that promise, all that hope, that love and goodnessโitโs still inside you. No one can take the gifts God gave you. Only you.
Dean KoontzBut victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead, would spawn a comforting self-pity.
Dean KoontzI always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system.
Dean KoontzIf God is an author and the universe is the biggest novel ever written, I may feel as if I'm the lead character in the story, but like every man and woman on Earth, I am a suporting player in one of billions of subplots. You know what happens to supporting players. Too often they are killed off in chapter 3, or in chapter 10, or in chapter 35. A supporting player always has to be looking over his shoulder.
Dean KoontzHave fun, entertain yourself with your work, make yourself laugh and cry with your own stories, make yourself shiver in suspense along with your characters. If you can do that, then you will most likely find a large audience; but even if a large audience is never found, you'll have a happy life.
Dean Koontz