Dean Koontz
"No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown."
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"No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown."
"مهما بلغت أواصر القربى بين البشر، قلّما تجد علاقة إنسانية بمنأى عن الشقاق والخلاف وخيبة الأمل، كتلك التي تجمعك بكلب وفيّ. وقليلٌ من البشر من يجود بنفسه للآخر كما يجود الكلب. ولعلي أظن أننا نُجلّ الكلاب لأن أرواحها الطاهرة تدفعنا – بوعي أو بغير وعي – إلى تمني أن نكون أبرياء مثلها، وتجعلنا نحِنّ إلى عالم تسود فيه البراءة، وتغيب عنه دناءات هذا العالم وخياناته وقسواته."
Dean Koontz
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
"Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one."
"لأن الله لا يقسو أبدًا، فلكل شيءٍ حكمة. لا بد لنا أن نذوق مرارة الفقد؛ فلو لم نعرفها قط، لما كان لنا شفقة على الآخرين، ولتحولنا إلى وحوشٍ من الأنانية، كائناتٍ لا همّ لها إلا مصلحتها الذاتية المحضة. إن ألم الفقد الرهيب يعلّم التواضع لجنسنا المتغطرس، وله القدرة على تليين القلوب القاسية، وعلى صقل الإنسان الصالح ليصبح أفضل."
Dean Koontz
The Darkest Evening of the Year
"She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells."
"كانت الكلمات تأسرها. ففي نظرها، كانت كل"
Dean Koontz
Lightning
"There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him."
"أحيانًا ما يكون لوجود أب مدمن عنيف فائدة غريبة؛ فقد حفزني حقًا في أنني لم أرغب أبدًا في أن أكون مثله."
Dean Koontz
"I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life."
"أؤمن حقًا بأن كل إنسان يمتلك موهبة أو قدرة أو مهارة يمكنه استثمارها ليعيل نفسه وينجح في الحياة."
Dean Koontz
"Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool."
"لا شيء يمنحنا الشجاعة أسرع من الرغبة في ألا نبدو حمقى سخيفين."
Dean Koontz
"I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others."
"أحب أن أتناول كل جانب من جوانب حالتنا الإنسانية، وهذا يعني الرعب والفكاهة بمزيج متساوٍ. بعض الكتب تتسع للفكاهة أكثر من غيرها."
Dean Koontz
"Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love."
"مثلنا جميعًا في هذه العاصفة بين الميلاد والممات، لا أستطيع إحداث تغييرات عظيمة في العالم، بل تغييرات صغيرة نحو الأفضل، آمل ذلك، في حياة من أحب."
Dean Koontz
"Play hard. Play, play, play like your life depends on it. Because it does."
"العب بكل جوارحك. العب، العب، العب وكأن حياتك متوقفة على ذلك. لأنها كذلك بالفعل."
Dean Koontz
"...he looked as if nothing hard in the world had touched him..."
Dean Koontz
"Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood."
Dean Koontz
"I would die of lonely."
Dean Koontz
"“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.”"
Dean Koontz
The Darkest Evening of the Year
"Intuition is seeing with the soul."
Dean Koontz
"Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure."
Dean Koontz
"None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light."
Dean Koontz
"This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make us consider that we should trust our intuition as they trust theirs and to help us realize that a thing known intuitively can be as real as anything known by material experience."
Dean Koontz
"Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yesterday, don't worry about tomorrow, live in the moment, and trust that your existence has meaning even when the world seems to be all blind chance and chaos. When life lands a hammer blow in your face, do your best to respond to the hammer as if it had been a cream pie."
Dean Koontz
"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."
Dean Koontz
"Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have."
Dean Koontz
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