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<\/a>As always:<\/p>\n“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. And because your life is yours to shape as you wish with free will, if you entertain too much anxiety about too many things, if you place no trust in providence, what you fear will more often come to pass.” pg. 74<\/p>\n
“What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?” pg. 441<\/p>\n
Adding to my collection of Dean Koontz novels, it is clear that the concept of “free will” is becoming an interest to Koontz that he can’t let go.<\/p>\n
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