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161 " Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, under the star-speckled sky listening to frogs and crickets. Darkness soothed. It softened the sharp edges of the world, toned down the too-harsh colors. With the coming of twilight, the sky seemed to recede; the universe expanded. The night was bigger than the day, and in its realm, life seemed to have more possibilities. "
― Dean Koontz , Midnight
162 " Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reins. "
― Dean Koontz , Strange Highways
163 " Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark. "
― Dean Koontz , Darkfall
164 " Darkness doesn't fall at a predictable schedule. Darkness can overwhelm you any time of the day, as you know well. "
― Dean Koontz , Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas, #6)
165 " There is in me a darkness that, by darkness challenged, will rise up and have its way. "
― Dean Koontz , Odd Apocalypse (Odd Thomas, #5)
166 " When I was a child, I first thought that these shades might be malevolent spirits who fostered evil in those people around whom they swarmed. I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise. "
― Dean Koontz , Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
167 " Perhaps they thought they could bring to this valley only those things they loved, leaving behind all ugliness.We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which it must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness, and misery. "
168 " She is a girl who feels things strongly, and though cynics might mock her for that, I never will, as it is perhaps the best of graces: to feel deeply, to care profoundly. "
― Dean Koontz , Odd Interlude (Odd Thomas, #4.5)
169 " Not immediately able to proceed, I stood there, inexpressibly grateful that my life, for all its terrors, is so filled with moments of grace. "
― Dean Koontz , Odd Hours (Odd Thomas, #4)
170 " ...I stood there, inexpressibly grateful that my life, for all its terrors, is so filled with moments of grace. "
171 " A grace is a thing you get from God, you use it to make a better world, or not use it, you have to choose. "
― Dean Koontz , Brother Odd (Odd Thomas, #3)
172 " Although her eyes are neither golden nor heavenly blue, Terri Stambaugh has the vision of an angel, for she sees through you and knows your truest heart, but loves you anyway, in spite of all the ways that you have fallen from a state of grace. "
173 " Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair. "
174 " We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone. Everything we love will be taken from us, everything, last of all life itself. Yet everywhere I look, I find great beauty in this battlefield, and grace and the promise of joy. "
175 " What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred. "
― Dean Koontz , Forever Odd (Odd Thomas, #2)
176 " he knew that fate was only a mythological concept "
― Dean Koontz , Watchers
177 " In twenty-one years, I have not considered changing to Todd. The bizarre course of my life suggests that Odd is more suited to me, whether it was conferred by my parents with intention or fate. "
178 " These days, all I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another. This is a big request to make of busy Fate, who has billions of lives to keep in constant turmoil. "
179 " You can change the road you take, but sometimes it can bend back to lead you straight to that same stubborn fate. "
180 " These days, all I ask Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another. "