Darren Shan Quotes

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.

I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.

If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.

The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

I always knew there was power in the earth, but it must be much stronger than I imagined to resist such a relentless foe, day after day, night after night, year after year.

Power always impresses the young and foolish.

The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch." - Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)

That’s what you taught me - we don’t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.

Even in death may you triumphant

It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.

Indecision is the source of chaos." - Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)

Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins.

I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. I'll live and grow strong. I'll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." - Harkat Mulds (Hunters of the Dusk)

Life is a challenge" he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.

Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall?" Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.

He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.

If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned.

The world won't end with a bang or a whimper. It'll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl.

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!

But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.

What are you doing?" "Looking for my fangs." "We don't grow fangs you idiot!

Lovely Arra Sails, nectar to all males, how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!

You stole from a member of the undead

Your spikes have gone floppy.

I sucked blood from one of my best friends

Maybe we should wait....wait for him to kill another five or six, huh?

You should take more pride in your appearance,” I tell him. “You'll never attract girls with an ugly mug like that.

Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of mankind competing to see who could commit the worst atrocities.

I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr.Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled.

I'd like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can't. It's not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have their all-too-human limits.

but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house

If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time!" - Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)

For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.

Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.

If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.

...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.

Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren," he said, "then get your behind back in here.

What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it?

So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it's only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.

Better to die for my people in my own land than rule in another and suffer a lifetime of cowardly guilt.

One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living.

No. You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it. You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.