Dean Koontz Quotes

In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn.

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear, The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory.

Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth.

That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

To hope is to send darkest night into exile.

Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years--nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In fact, its ascent has already begun.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

And as I watched him, I knew that in every dark night there was, somewhere, a small light burning that could never be quenched.

Hope is that tiny light that the gods have given us so that we can find our way through our darkest hours. And while we might stub our toes and bruise our knees, if we keep moving forward, even when our progress is slow and painful, we will overcome and be made better by our journey. … No misery or bad situation is ever infinite or final until we make a conscious decision for it to be so.

No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.