The House at the End of the World

by Dean Koontz

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Fear is useful when it’s on a leash, Avi once said, but it’s always a bad dog when you let it run free in your mind.

You can refuse to give up, but nonetheless be broken in the process of not surrendering.

‘Always keep moving. The Fates are master sharpshooters, and the easy target is the one who’s standing still.’

her arms; back then, they were slender and feminine, but now they are—and for decades have been—as formidable as those of a longshoreman,