Dean Koontz wrote the novel ‘From the Corner of His Eye’.
This novel tells the story of a character born in awe and sorrow, who experiences beauty and horror beyond our wildest thoughts.
Here are the top quotes from ‘From the Corner of His Eye’ novel by Dean Koontz.
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From the Corner of His Eye Quotes by Dean Koontz
“She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“The hospital was drowned in the bottomless silence that fills.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Easy hope was usually false hope.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“You must never lie to yourself, or you are left with no one to trust.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“The air smelled of cheap disinfectant, stale cigarette smoke, stale beer, and dead hopes.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“He can’t always watch us directly,…with his fullest attention every minute, but He’s always at least watching from the corner of his eye.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Two murders and an act of arson. Junior was being a bold boy this evening.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We’ve no light within, and we’re just living to die.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
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Quotes From the Corner of His Eye
“He’s a hollow man, he believes in nothing. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Whether God’s a Catholic, a Baptist, a Jew, a Muslim, or a quantum mechanic, He gives us compensation for our pain, compensation right here in this world, not just in those parallel to it and not just in some afterlife. Always compensation for the pain…if we recognize it when we see it.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Life’s about living and being happy, not about dying.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“…every day in every life is of the most profound importance.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days for which we, in our dissatisfaction, so often yearn are already with us; all great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in this momentous day.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time – affecting lives unknown to the one who’s generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. Because kindness is passed on and grows each time it’s passed until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage, years later, and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
Best From the Corner of His Eye Quotes
“Jacob intended to carry the luggage, and Edom announced that he would carry Barty. The boy, however, insisted on making his own way to the house. “But, Barty,” Edom fretted, “it’s dark.” “It sure is,” Barty said. When only a mortified silence followed his remark, he added: “Gee, I thought that was kinda funny.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Nolly Wolfstan, private detective, had the teeth of a god and a face so unfortunate that it argued convincingly against the existence of a benign deity.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Evil and stupidity often go together, however, and arrogance is the offspring of their marriage.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Hatred and anger are only scars upon a beach, while love is the rolling surf that ceaselessly smooths the sand.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Marriage is an expression of love and respect and trust and faith in the future, but the union of husband and wife is also an alliance against the challenges and tragedies of life, a promise that with me in your corner, you will never stand alone.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
Famous From the Corner of His Eye Quotes
“Sheena was loud, crass, self-absorbed, and had the vocabulary of a brothel owner specializing in service to sailors with Tourette’s syndrome.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Libraries are packed with biographies of movie stars and politicians, most of them not capable of as much meaningful self-analysis as you’d get from a toad. We don’t need to know more about celebrities’ lives, Obadiah. What might help us, what might even save us, is knowing more about the lives of real people who’ve never made it even medium but who know where they came from and why.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“All-seeing and all-knowing. Evil and stupidity often go together, however, and arrogance is the offspring of their marriage.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“His blue eyes were seas where sorrow sailed.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Your this beautiful ship that will sail a long way, and I’d only be your anchor.” “A ship without an anchor can never be at rest”
~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“In the healing ways of women that remained mysterious to [him] even as he watched them do their work, tears were followed by reminiscences that brought a smile and soothed, and hope was always found to be the flower that bloomed from every seed of hopelessness.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“When we don’t allow ourselves to hope, we don’t allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We’ve no light within, and we’re just living to die.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a future, that love can last, that the heart can triumph against all adversities and even against the grinding wheel of time.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
“Life was like the ice on an early-winter pond: more fragile than it appeared to be, riddled by hidden fractures, with a cold darkness below.” ~ Dean R. Koontz (From the Corner of His Eye).
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