The Moonlit Mind Quotes

“The true nature of the world is veiled, and if you shine a bright light on it, you can’t expose that truth; it melts away with the shadows in which it was cloaked. The truth is too awesome for us to stare directly at it, and we are meant to glimpse it only at the periphery of our vision. If the landscape of your mind is too dark with fear or doubt or anger, you are blind to all truth. But if your mental landscape is too bright with certitude and arrogance, you are snow-blind and likewise unable to see what lies before you. Only the moonlit mind allows wonder, and it is in the thrall of wonder that you can see the intricate weave of the world of which you are but one thread, one fantastic and essential thread.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“In certain fiction, she perceives truths that she rarely finds in nonfiction; therefore, in her quest to better understand the world and the meaning of her life, she reads those novels that suggest a world of wonders, dark and light, forever unfolding for eyes willing to see.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“The true nature of the world is veiled, and if you shine a bright light on it, you can’t expose that truth; it melts away with the shadows in which it was cloaked. The truth is too awesome for us to stare directly at it, and we are meant to glimpse it only at the periphery of our vision. If the landscape of your mind is too dark with fear or doubt or anger, you are blind to all truth. But if your mental landscape is too bright with certitude and arrogance, you are snow-blind and likewise unable to see what lies before you.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“He knows the legend of the Wandering Jew who struck Christ on the day of the crucifixion and was then condemned to roam the world forever without rest. Some say this condemnation was in fact an act of grace because the devil can’t find and take a man whose remorse drives him to wander ceaselessly in search of absolution.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“Only the moonlit mind allows wonder, and it is in the thrall of wonder that you can see the intricate weave of the world of which you are but one thread, one fantastic and essential thread.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“From time to time, things in this world fall out of harmony, and there is a need to synchronize.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“because the moon has always been to him the lamp of wisdom, a symbol of the right way to see the world.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“How easy it might be to think that with the casting down of this crystal manna, the great metropolis has been sanctified, that it is as innocent as these bridal veils make it seem.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“journeying through the fields of evil is the price we pay for free will,”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“Friendship does not depend on conversation. Sometimes the most important communication is not mouth to ear, but heart to heart.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind

“If the landscape of your mind is too dark with fear or doubt or anger, you are blind to all truth. But if your mental landscape is too bright with certitude and arrogance, you are snow-blind and likewise unable to see what lies before you. Only the moonlit mind allows wonder, and it is in the thrall of wonder that you can see the intricate weave of the world of which you are but one thread, one fantastic and essential thread.”
― Dean Koontz, The Moonlit Mind