“Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.”

— Dean Koontz , book Midnight

Harry Talbot; Part II, chapter 29, p. 287 [Koontz, Dean, w:Dean Koontz, Midnight, 1st edition, 1989, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, ISBN 0-399-13390-9, 383 pages]
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