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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 Koontz

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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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