Quotes from book
Forever Odd

Name: Forever Odd
Author: Dean Koontz

Forever Odd is a 2005 novel by Dean Koontz, and the sequel to Odd Thomas. The plot takes place six months after the events of Odd Thomas.

“This world, which has the potential to be Eden, is instead the hell before Hell. In our arrogance, we have made it so.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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“The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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“If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

Source: Forever Odd (2005), Chapter 11; Odd Thomas's recounting of a conversation with Little Ozzie
Context: "Sometimes," I said, "it seems to me that a friend might not take such pleasure in making fun of me as you do."
"Dear Odd! If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not, in fact, his friends. How else would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness."

“I'll sit in the park and feed the pigeons for a while.'
We don't have pigeons.'
Then I'll feed the pterodactyls.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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“What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering and pure that it is sacred.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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“Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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“What sucks the worst is… this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.”

Dean Koontz book Forever Odd

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