The Good Guy Quotes

“I'm a nice guy, I swear to fucking God.”
― Kristen Roupenian, You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories

“A man’s life can pivot on the smallest hinge of time. No minute is without potential for momentous change, and each tick of the clock might be the voice of Fate whispering a promise or a warning.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“She said, “It seems so formidable, so solid, so enduring.”
“What does?”
“Civilization. But it’s as fragile as glass.” She glanced at him. “I better shut up. You’re starting to think I’m a nut case.”
“No,” Tim said. “Glass makes sense to me. Glass makes perfect sense.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“In addition to his computer, maybe the intruders would take his mom's brownies with them, without tasting one first. Even in this age, Pete believed that justice found the guilty one way or another.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“You have to walk straight into what you don’t dare run away from.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go.”
“Which is where?”
“To a responsible future in a properly managed world.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

“For all the beauty and joy of life, the world is nonetheless a war zone.”
― Dean Koontz, The Good Guy