Dean Koontz

“Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.”

“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do.”

“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”

“Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.”

“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.”

“Life is a voyage, and we are all sailing under sealed orders. We plan, plot, scheme, and arrange, and some even pray. But we do not know the real course.”

“Nothing is ever certain.”

“Fear is not the basis of morality. There is no moral secret to the fact that if you torture and kill a man, you are unlikely to be invited to his funeral.”

“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a god and the only living thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.”

“The world is full of people who will help you manufacture tornados in order to blow out a match.”

“Chaos is the pen from which God writes.”

“The hands of God, though invisible, are the strongest hands in the universe.”

“Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils.”

“Evil is a choice. It is a choice you make, and you can always choose otherwise.”

“The future is not a place you are going to, but a place you are creating.”

“We are all the same, we are all sinners, we are all deserving of mercy.”

“One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.”

“We are not born to wait for the storm to pass, but to learn to dance in the rain.”