By the Light of the Moon Quotes

“...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection.

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― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“On an individual level, the human condition changed day by day, even hour by hour, and while you were soaking in self-pity over a misfortune, you might miss an opportunity for a redeeming triumph. And for every act of inhumanity, the species managed to committ a hundred acts of kindness; so if you were the type to brood, you would be more sensible if you dwelt on the remarkable goodwill with which most people treated others even in a society where the cultural elites routinely mocked virtue and celebrated brutality.

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― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“With a thick note of disbelief in her voice, Jilly said, 'You went through the wall to California?'
[Dylan] 'Yeah. Why not? Where'd you think we went-Narnia? Oz? Middle Earth? California's weirder than any of those places, anyway.'"

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― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“He believed that a burger joint ought to look like a join, not like a surgery, not like a nursery with pictures of clowns and funny animals on walls, not like a bamboo pavilion on a tropical island, not like a glossy plastic replica of a 1950s diner that never actually existed. If you were going to eat charred cow smothered in cheese, with a side order of potato strips made as crisp as ancient papyrus by immersion in boiling oil, and if you were going to wash it all down with either satisfying quantities of icy beer or a milkshake containing the caloric equivalent of an entire roasted pig, then this fabulous consumption ought to occur in an ambience that virtually screamed guilty pleasure, if not sin.”
― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“When my time is up, I want to cross a River Styx of pure root beer."
- Jilly
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― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“There's no tragedy in nature, only process -- and therefore no triumph, either.”
― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“Perhaps everything else that mattered in a relationship grew from trust—from a tranquil faith in the courage, integrity, and kindness of the other person.”
― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“You weren't just furious at those evil [men]...but at evil itself, at the fact that evil exists, infuriated by the very idea of evil allowed to go unrestricted, unchecked. ...But this righteous anger seems always to lead to an irresistible compulsion to act regardless of the risks, and not merely a compulsion to act, but to do the right thing. We can exercise freewill and turn away - but only at a cost in self-respect that's intolerable.”
― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon

“Dylan O’Connor understood this turbulent age too well, yet he remained profoundly optimistic, for in every moment of every day, in the best works of humanity as in every baroque detail of nature, he saw beauty that lifted his spirit, and everywhere he perceived vast architectures and subtle details that convinced him the world was a place of deep design as surely as were his paintings. This combination of realistic assessment, faith, common sense, and enduring hope ensured that the events of his time seldom surprised him, rarely struck terror in him, and never reduced him to despair.”
― Dean Koontz, By the Light of the Moon