Dean Koontz Quotes

We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle

Some things were beyond understanding.

There are some things that defy explanation- kind of like. . . you know, you.

Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

Nothing about this entire scenario made sense. But who cares? Once in a while, everyone was entitled to be a bit flaky, and now it was his turn.

But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest sight cannot penetrate into; and even the clearest and most exalted understandings amongst us find ourselves puzzled and at a loss in almost every cranny of nature's works.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

I'm a walking, talking enigma.

For my part, it was Greek to me.

I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go.

Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.

The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

You cannot make your life move faster than it's moving. No matter how urgent your situation may seem to be, things are going to happen when they happen, not a minute sooner. Be patient with yourself. Be patient with others. Be patient with life. Patience always pays off.

Something that simply mystifies me.

Maybe the only thing I can definitely say about is this: That’s life. Maybe the only thing we can do is accept it, without really knowing what’s going on.

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no definitive answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

We live in a bewildering world.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

To be honest everything goes over my head a bit.

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?