Odd Thomas Quotes

• Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

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  Dean Koontz

  Stupid   Vigor   Given  

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• 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.

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  Dean Koontz

  Fate   Different   Path  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.149, Bantam

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• I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I am old enough to be distrusted, to be excluded forever from the magical community of the short and beardless.

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  Dean Koontz

  Wise   Children   Years  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.1, Bantam

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• I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him.

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  Dean Koontz

  Death   Mean   Odd Thomas  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.16, Bantam

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• From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.

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  Dean Koontz

  Self   Mad   Doubt  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.81, Bantam

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• More to the point, I know why soldiers, home from war, seldom tell their families about their exploits in more than general terms. We who survive must go on in the names of those who fall, but if we dwell too much on the vivid details of what we've witnessed of man's inhumanity to man, we simply can't go on. perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

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  Dean Koontz

  Perseverance   War   Fall  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.294, Bantam

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• Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe you have it all mapped out, you aren't paying attention or you've anesthetized yourself with booze or drugs, or with a comforting ideology. And if you don't think life's a comedy - well, friend, you might as well hurry along to that burial. The rest of us need people with whom we can laugh. -Odd Thomas -Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz pg 30 chapter 4

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  Dean Koontz

  Believe   Thinking   People  

  Dean Koontz (2012). “Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.30, Bantam

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• Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

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  Dean Koontz

  Childhood   Insane   Heritage  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.268, Bantam

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• Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret." Odd Thomas

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  Dean Koontz

  Regret   Needs   Matter  

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• Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

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  Dean Koontz

  Mean   Psychology   Structure  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.189, Bantam

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• The best part of a Mr. Goodbar is not the wrapper, is it? No, and the best part of a Coke is not the can. On those nights when you lie awake, either man or boy, wondering about yourself, peeling away one layer of oddness after another, you should remember and always be grateful that the woefully imperfect person that you are, with all your contradictions and unworthy desires, is not the best of you, any more than the wrapper is the best part of a Mr. Goodbar. -Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koonts pgs. 354-355 chapter 53

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  Dean Koontz

  Lying   Grateful   Boys  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.1422, Bantam

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

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  Dean Koontz

  Cows   Evening   Odd Thomas  

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2013

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• Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

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  Dean Koontz

  Self   Drunk   Car  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.72, Bantam

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

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  Dean Koontz

  Adventure   Long   Littles  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.14, Bantam

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• Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility. Each of us is a potential source of foolishness, each of us must endure the consequences of the foolishness of others, and in addition to all of that, Nature frequently works to impress upon us our absurdity and thereby remind us that we are not the masters of the universe that we like to suppose we are. - Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz pg 62 chapter 8

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  Dean Koontz

  Humility   Self   Age  

  Dean Koontz (2012). “Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.62, Bantam

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

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  Dean Koontz

  Encouraging   Perseverance   Impossible  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.294, Bantam

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• The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another.

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  Dean Koontz

  Humanity   Odd Thomas   Inhumane  

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• I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!

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  Dean Koontz

  People   Odd Thomas   Dead People  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.34, Bantam

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• 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.

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  Dean Koontz

  People   Devil   Needs  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.46, Bantam

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• Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

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  Dean Koontz

  Doe   Generations   Vomiting  

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.132, Bantam

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• Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.

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  Dean Koontz

  Men   Good Woman   Odd Thomas  

  Twitter post from Apr 24, 2015

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• In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.

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  Dean Koontz

  Despair   Cheerful   Leviathan  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.234, Bantam

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• We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

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  Dean Koontz

  Lying   Heart   May  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.315, Bantam

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• Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

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  Dean Koontz

  Running   Perseverance   Feet  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.211, Bantam

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• You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

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  Dean Koontz

  Play   Imagination   Live Your Life  

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.5, Bantam

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• Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

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  Dean Koontz

  Beautiful   Blessed   Thinking  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.267, Bantam

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• If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.

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  Dean Koontz

  Laughing   Facts   Odd Thomas  

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.375, Bantam

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• I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

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  Dean Koontz

  Inspirational   Believe   Skills  

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• The wives of Spartans are the secret pillars of the world."--Odd Thomas

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  Dean Koontz

  Wife   Secret   World  

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