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Dean Koontz
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Holy men tell us life is a mystery. They embrace that concept happily. But some mysteries ... DEAN KOONTZ The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY The book that he has made renders its author this service in
return, that so long as the book survi... RICHARD AUNGERVYLE (AUNGERVILLE) (A/K/A RICHARD DE BURY) That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it f... LEMONY SNICKET And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alo... STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them? STEPHEN SCHWARTZ I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're... GREGORY MAGUIRE Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ GLINDA: Well,I'm a public figure now! People expect me to-- ELPHABA: Lie? GLIN... STEPHEN SCHWARTZ When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON When we were first married, I thought he must have been the most heartless, hateful man I'd ever kno... LAUREN DESTEFANO When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER The shades of night were falling fast, As though an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, '... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Well, Watson, what do you make of it?' Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I thought the marketing was really smart and really clever and unique at the time. It positioned ... JAMES WAN The worst stage was when one could tell she was still awake and almost alert, but she knew that noth... M.T. ANDERSON She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Dean Koontz is good in the silence makes silence... then he just attacks! - WOW DEYTH BANGER That the author is speaking only to us, that he is writing only for us, that no one on Earth has the... ADAM LANGER You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make ... RICHARD CURTIS Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to g... , "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS" We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival of ... ISAAC D'ISRAELI The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of t... ISAAC D'ISRAELI The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of t... BENJAMIN DISRAELI When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26) MARKUS ZUSAK Bod was obedient but curious. NEIL GAIMAN Here is a small fact: You are going to die" "does this scare you? I urge you don't be afraid, I... MARKUS ZUSAK There are skies manufactured by people, punctured and leaking,and there are soft,coal-colored clouds... MARKUS ZUSAK She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was ... MARKUS ZUSAK An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis. MARKUS ZUSAK Her teeth were like a soccer crowd, crammed in. MARKUS ZUSAK The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was no... MARKUS ZUSAK If your eyes could speak, what would they say MAX VANDENBURG "THE BOOK THIEF" Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't wan... MARKUS ZUSAK Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on. MARKUS ZUSAK Tears were frozen to the book theif's face. MARKUS ZUSAK The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I remember as a child, my mother loved Dean Martin. Every Christmas, about the only Christmas album ... MICHAEL SPRADLIN DOROTHY PARKER The way to final freedom is within thy self. THE BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you... TERENCE T. GORSKI Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS
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DEAN KOONTZ You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb. DEAN KOONTZ From birth to death we explore and seek, and in the end we arrive where we started, the past having ... DEAN KOONTZ That I had come full circle shouldn't have surprised me, for we are born into time only to be born o... DEAN KOONTZ She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she w... DEAN KOONTZ For the likes of you, the path to happiness is one mean son of a bitch of a path. DEAN KOONTZ One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I... DEAN KOONTZ I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive. DEAN KOONTZ That's life. Something always happens. We don't live in stasis, frozen in amber. DEAN KOONTZ Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reins. DEAN KOONTZ The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill with... DEAN KOONTZ The galleon clouds seemed to have dropped anchor in the sky, and the night appeared to have frozen i... DEAN KOONTZ Lem searched for the words to convey what he felt. As he found the language to describe what the dog... DEAN KOONTZ it grinned the foolish and charmingly witless grin of all dogs who had ever ridden shotgun in such a... DEAN KOONTZ Moral responsibility is on the shoulders of those who take the technology out of the lab and use it ... DEAN KOONTZ Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over every day, the pleasures and joys of life c... DEAN KOONTZ There’s such a thing as trying too hard, he told himself. It causes constipation of the mind. But ... DEAN KOONTZ He continued to stroke its back and scratch its ears, but after a minute or two he realized he was s... DEAN KOONTZ The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any rea... 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