Devoted

by Dean Koontz

Intelligence gave rise to culture, culture to ethics.

We all live for the fulfillment of one promise or another—love, wealth, fame.

Kipp knew—and Woody Bookman knew but now came to understand in mind and heart and soul—that simplicity in human affairs was the way of truth, and complexity the way of deceit.

That envy and coveting were poisons from which arose the lust for power and all evil. That love was the antidote to envy and coveting. That truth was essential for the flourishing of love. That love was essential to maintain innocence.

That peace of mind and perfect happiness could be achieved only through the truth of innocence ...