The Big Dark Sky

by Dean Koontz

The why of a life could never be solved in this world, although vast libraries of solemn books speculated on the meaning and purpose of existence. Nothing could be known other than the what of any single life: what happened, what actions were taken, what events occurred beyond the person’s control, what obvious consequences ensued, what impact for better or worse that one life was seen to have on others.

Of course, events in life didn’t unfold as they did in fiction. The real world didn’t provide as many happy endings as were found in novels.

every spell of darkness lifted soon enough, so that light came again into the soul and mind and heart, which were not made for darkness.

if the communal mind of humanity can affect reality, then you wouldn’t want a vast majority of people being certain that war was inevitable. You would want most people to think it was impossible. An abundance of pessimists might bend reality to Armageddon just by expecting it.”

“There’s nowhere to go but forward. There never is.”