Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas Quotes

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

Evil was coming. I wondered whose face it would be wearing.

If she fully embraced life with all its conflicts, she would suffer a breakdown.

I had not asked to be born. Only to be loved.

People scare me more than anything, for I know too well the savagery of which humankind is capable.

Three more words. Be happy. Persevere.

I don't desire a change of scenery or exotic experiences. My heart yearns for familiarity, stability, the comfort of home- and my sanity depends on it.

I don't desire a change of scenery or exotic experiences. My heart yearns for familiarity, stability, the comfort of home — and my sanity depends on it.

..the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.

I'd had much practice turning my mind away from certain memories of my childhood. I could quickly dial her remembered voice from a whisper to a silence.

You can change the road you take, but sometimes it can bend back to lead you straight to that same stubborn fate.

You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find.

The less I have, the less I can lose.

He lives vividly in her recollections, however, and his memory is etched on her soul.

Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment comes due for promises you didn't keep.