Stormy Llewellyn Quotes

“Stormy Llewellyn, a woman of unconventional views, believes instead that our passage through this world is intended to toughen us for the next life. She says that our honesty, integrity, courage, and determined resistance to evil are evaluated at the end of our days here, and that if we come up to muster, we will be conscripted into an army of souls engaged in some great mission in the next world. Those who fail the test simply cease to exist.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“...Here lie your hopes and dreams, shattered and swept aside...”
― Dean Koontz, Saint Odd

“Delayed gratification."
"Yeah, it makes things sweeter."
"Wait too long, and what was sweet and creamy can turn sour.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“In time she said, "I love you, Oddie."
My voice was thick when I replied. "I love you more than life.”
"We'll be okay," she said.
"We are okay."
"We're weird and screwed-up, but we're okay," she agreed.
"If someone invented a thermometer that measured weirdness, it would melt under my tongue. But you-you're cool.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“All she wanted was love with respect, respect was so important to her, and I could give her that.”
― Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

“Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army.”
― Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

“Such grief might be to them quite delicious, a delicacy.”
― Dean Koontz, Saint Odd