Dean Koontz

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

- Dean Koontz

"The snow did not even whisper its way to earth, but seemed to salt the night with silence."

- Dean Koontz

""Perseverance is impossible if we don’t permit ourselves to hope.""

- Dean Koontz

"Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next."

- Dean Koontz

"Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it."

- Dean Koontz

"Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a future, that love can last, that the heart can triumph against all adversities and even against the grinding wheel of time."

- Dean Koontz

"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."

- Dean Koontz

"Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life–and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next."

- Dean Koontz

""Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.""

- Dean Koontz

"Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy."

- Dean Koontz

"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."

- Dean Koontz