Sumer

“Malevolence and paranoia cohabit in a twisted mind. Bad men trust no one because they know the treachery of which they themselves are capable.

Bad men...destroy one another, although...they prefer those who are innocent and as pure as this world allows them to be. They feed on violence, but they feast on the despoiling of what is good.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Hours

“All this is just a place, she said. And sometimes such a lonely one.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Hours

“But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.”
― Dean Koontz, Life Expectancy

“If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character motivations.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Hours