Forever Odd Quotes

“If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. ”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“This world, which has the potential to be Eden, is instead the hell before Hell. In our arrogance, we have made it so.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“I'll sit in the park and feed the pigeons for a while.'
We don't have pigeons.'
Then I'll feed the pterodactyls.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“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: I wish I could believe in reincarnation.
Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again.
Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around.
Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace. But you have to choose happiness.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“After once having made the mistake of watching television news, I had worried for a while about an asteroid hitting the earth and wiping out human civilization. The anchorwoman had said it was not merely possible but probable. At the end of the report, she smiled.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among predatory beasts, any display of weakness is an invitation to attack.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Beauty that steals the heart is often imperfect, suggests grace and kindness, and inspires tenderness more than it incites lust.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“This time I would choose to err on the side of illogic. I had to trust intuition, and plunge as I had never plunged before, with blind faith.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Death came, Death went, but Commerce flowed Eternal.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Get out of here while you can. She's crazier than a syphilitic suicide bomber with mad-cow disease.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“...if one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. How else would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“I do not permit blasphemy, the F-word, or obscenities such as soy milk at my table. Consider yourself chastised.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“As for self-deceit, most people find it as essential for survival as air. You rarely indulge in it.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Grief is a healthy emotion, and it’s healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“A flipped fork flicked my forehead.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“We must have our goals, our dreams, and we must strive for them. We are not gods, however; we do not have the power to shape every aspect of the future. And the road the world makes for us is one that teaches humility if we are willing to learn.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“The unthinking embrace of irrationality is literally madness. But embracing rationality while denying the existence of any mystery to life and its meaning — that is no less a form of madness than is eager devotion to unreason.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“Daily I walk a high wire, always in danger of losing my balance. The essence of my life is supernatural, which I must respect if I am to make the best use of my gift. Yet I live in the rational world and am subject to its laws. The temptation is to be guided entirely by impulses of an otherworldly origin-but in this world a long fall will always end in a hard impact.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd