Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there.

-Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

"Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton."

-Dean Koontz, Brother Odd (the quote is made by the protagonist of the story).

"I feel about Catholicism as G.K. Chesterton did — that it encourages an exuberance, a joy about the gift of life."

I feel about Catholicism as G.K. Chesterton did — that it encourages an exuberance, a joy about the gift of life. I think my conversion was a natural growth. Even in the darkest hours of my childhood, I was an irrepressible optimist, always able to find something to fill me with amazement, wonder and delight. When I came to the Catholic faith, it explained to me why I always had — and always should have — felt exuberant and full of hope.

-Dean Koontz