Darren Shan Quotes

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

“They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves. Most vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don't ever forget it.”

“If this were a made-up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.”

“I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and videos don't capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that.”

“There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember thatmight be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.”

“Now sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.”

“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.”

“I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.”

“Even in death may you triumphant”

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

“Maybe you're going insane."
"Maybe," agreed Kernel.
"I was joking."
"I wasn't.”

“Indecision is the source of chaos."

- Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)”

“The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch."

- Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)”

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

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

- Harkat Mulds (Hunters of the Dusk)”

“But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.”

“Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch!”

“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.”

“She was a beautiful woman." Gavner sighed, tracing the outline of one of the elephants. "She just had very bad taste in underwear …"
"And in boyfriends," I added impishly.
Mr. Crepsley burst into laughter at that”

“Cirque du Freak' is the best vampire series ever.”

“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.”

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

“Of course I have nightmares-Who doesn't?”

“You stole from a member of the undead”

“I sucked blood from one of my best friends”

“If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time!"

- Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“… please Lady… Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish."
"You most certainly were."
"You are cruel, Evanna.”

“Meddling, smug, stupid little…"
"She likes me! They always play hard to get when they like me!"
"No. You do not understand. I could not have done it because I can not read or write.”

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

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

“Leave him alone!" Debbie shouted.
"Shut up, please, or I'll kill you," Mr Tiny replied.”

“I gulped, then stepped over the threshold into the house where I'd lived as a boy. After eighteen long years of wandering, I had finally come home.”

“Your spikes have gone floppy”