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The sane understand that human beings are incapable of sustaining conspiracies on a grand scale, because some of our most defining qualities as a species are inattention to detail, a tendency to panic, and an inability to keep our mouths shut.

— Dean Koontz Fear Nothing (1998)

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"Where there's cake, there's hope. And there's always cake."

Life Expectancy (2004)

Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.

Midnight (1989)

Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

Odd Thomas (2003)

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

Lightning (1988)

I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants […] Fear implies respect.

One Door Away from Heaven (2001)

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