Dean Koontz Quotes About Loss
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Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.
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But the more people we love and the more deeply we love them, the more vulnerable we are to loss and grief and loneliness.
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Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.
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Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.
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Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives.
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Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.
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How passionately we love everything that cannot last: the dazzling crystallory of winter, the spring in bloom, the fragile flight of butterflies, crimson sunsets, a kiss, and life.
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The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.
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