The Moonlit Mind (2011) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Crispin Gregorio: A young man who had vivid nightmares based on his memories.
• Brother Harley: Crispin's dog; companion. Harley is also the name of Crispin's younger brother.
• Mirabell: Crispin's little sister
• Clarette: Crispin's mother
• Giles Gregorio: A very rich man that marries Crispin's mother
• Jardena: Jiles's mother, a very old woman
• Nanny Sayo: Crispin's nanny (as well as his brother and sister's)
• Mr. Mordred: Crispin's tutor
• Proserpina: A housemaid and a seamstress
• Arula: A housemaid
• Cook Merripen: The cook
• Minos: The chief butler
• Mrs. Frigg: The head housekeeper
• Ned: The junior butler
• Amity Onawa (aka Daisy Jean Sims): Crispin's friend also the phantom of Broderick's
• Michael: Add a description of this character.
• Saint Gabriel
• Saint Joachim
• Saint Raphael
• Saint Francis

Quotes edit see section history

• “Never leave an animal unnamed for very long, it's not protected. Protected from what? Dark, malevolent spirits.”

  Old man in the magic shop

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• Only the moonlit mind allows wonder, and it is in the thrall of wonder that you can see the intricate weave of the world of which you are but one thread, one fantastic and essential thread.

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• The true nature of the world is veiled, and if you shine a bright light on it, you can’t expose that truth; it melts away with the shadows in which it was cloaked. The truth is too awesome for us to stare directly at it, and we are meant to glimpse it only at the periphery of our vision. If the landscape of your mind is too dark with fear or doubt or anger, you are blind to all truth. But if your mental landscape is too bright with certitude and arrogance, you are snow-blind and likewise unable to see what lies before you.

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• journeying through the fields of evil is the price we pay for free will,

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• Some things we know that we shouldn’t do, some things we know that we must do, and sometimes the shouldn’t and the must are the same thing.

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• Friendship does not depend on conversation. Sometimes the most important communication is not mouth to ear, but heart to heart.

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• In certain fiction, she perceives truths that she rarely finds in nonfiction;

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• She knows that dependency is another word for slavery. Besides, in the long run, counting on Uncle Sam to see you through is like expecting to find sure footing across a sea of quicksand.

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• The first flakes are as large as silver dollars and look as soft as little pillows. The heavens shed their bedding on a city seeking sleep, crystalline goosedown spiraling through darkness, through the million feeble night-lights of a civilization always one dawn away from obliteration.

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• He knows the legend of the Wandering Jew who struck Christ on the day of the crucifixion and was then condemned to roam the world forever without rest. Some say this condemnation was in fact an act of grace because the devil can’t find and take a man whose remorse drives him to wander ceaselessly in search of absolution.

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• From time to time, things in this world fall out of harmony, and there is a need to synchronize.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• St. Mary Salome Cemetary: Where Crispin spends much of his time.
• Theron Hall: Place where Crispin and his bother and sister go to live after their mother marries Giles.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Horror/Suspense/Mystery: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Dean Koontz (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Peter Berkrot (Reader)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( K ) › Koontz, Dean
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery