Dean Koontz, Velocity

"A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope."

Dean Koontz, Velocity

"Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth."

Dean Koontz, Velocity

"Art is the only answer to chaos and the void."

Dean Koontz, Velocity

"Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated."

Dean Koontz, Velocity

"He considered razing the house and rebuilding, but he realized that houses are not haunted, and regardless of the architecture with which we surround ourselves,our ghosts stay with us until we ourselves are ghosts."

Dean Koontz, Velocity