“In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“Although he was a young and virile man at 37, he was not inexhaustible. In addition to food and drink, he had better lay in a couple thousand tablets of viagra. The drug would probably remain potent if he vacuum packed the pills in groups of 10 and kept them in a freezer. That would work unless civilization completely collapsed and power companies were unable to function. Fortunately, Jim had a propane-powered backup generator with half a dozen tanks of fuel already on hand. If Henry added to the propane supply, and he used the generator only for essential maintenance like keeping the viagra freezer operating in warm weather, he would be happy here on the farm for a looong, looong time. Unless, even now, dead Jim was out there in the generator shed sabotaging the machinery.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“If this was the best wine that Jim and Nora could afford or, worse, if this was their idea of a good wine - well, sadly, then they were better off dead.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“All will be well, if we do what is right”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“After his dinner, the wolfhound liked to prowl the grounds, sniffing the grass to learn what creatures of field and forest had recently visited. The yard was Merlin's newspaper.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“Believing isn’t wishing, Grady. What you know with your heart is the only thing you really ever know.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“People think power makes them big, but it brings out their inner bratty child and makes them small." - Grady Adams - "Breathless by Dean Koontz pg 287 chapter 59”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“If we aren't here for one another, why are we here?" - Grady Adams”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
“But by nature, the human heart yearns most for what it cannot have.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Breathless
Dean Koontz
Born place: in Everett, Pennsylvania, The United States
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“Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..."
He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the shadows, hoping it's too dark for him to see whether the window is open or closed. The woman pats his arm, cradling her hand against his elbow.
"You know I'd do anything for you and Hil," she says. I like her voice. It's throaty and rich.
"You'd do anything?" my father repeats numbly. "Even now? After -?"
"Even now," the woman says firmly.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Double Identity
“لقد اقنعنا انفسنا ان كافة اشكال النمو الاقتصادى نافعة للانسانية وانه كلما ازداد ذلك النمو عم الرخاء فى النهاية اقتنعنا بان متلازمة هذا المفهموم فعالة وعادلة اخلاقيا فمن الواجب تمجيد ومكافأة اولئك البارعين فى اذكاء شرارة النمو الاقتصادى اما اولئك الذين يولدون على الهوامش والاطراف فلا مفر من استغلالهم
استخدم هذه المفهوم ومتلازمته لتبرير كل طرق القرصنة فمُنحت الرخص لاغتصاب وسلب ونهب الابرياء فى ايران وبنما وكولومبيا والعراق وفى غيرها من الدول .وانتعش سوق قراصنة الاقتصاد والثعالب والجيوش بقدر قدرتهم على اظهار كفايتهم فى ممارسة انشطة تخلق نموا اقتصاديا ولم تكن تنقصهم ابدا القدرة على اظهار تلك الكفاية وبفضل تلك التقديرات والقياسات الاقتصادية والاحصاءات ذات الصبغة العلمية المحايدة !فاننا اذا ما قصفنا مدينة ثم اعدنا بناءها فستظهر لنا تلك البيانات اننا حققنا نموا اقتصاديا هائلا”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
“Then the universe rocks. The very fabric of reality is rent.”
― Raymond E. Feist, quote from A Darkness At Sethanon
“I could run farther than a hare! I could fight the fiercest fox that ever lived...I could climb the highest mountain faster than an eagle could fly.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Outcast
“Truth is a powerful weapon ... We must be careful how we use it." (Quote by Spottedleaf, page 5)”
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