Darren Shan Quotes

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

Source: A Living Nightmare

“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.”

Source: A Living Nightmare

Darren Shan book The Vampire Prince

Source: The Vampire Prince

“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.”

Source: A Living Nightmare

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

Darren Shan book The Lake of Souls

Source: The Lake of Souls

Darren Shan Quotes about life

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

Darren Shan book Hell's Heroes

Source: Hell's Heroes

“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.”

Source: The Vampire's Assistant

Darren Shan book Vampire Mountain

Source: Vampire Mountain

“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.”

Source: A Living Nightmare

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

Source: Sons of Destiny

Darren Shan Quotes about the world

Darren Shan book Birth of a Killer

Source: Birth of a Killer

“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.”

Source: Zom-B Underground

“Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.”

Source: Lord Loss

Darren Shan Quotes

“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.”

Source: Sons of Destiny

Darren Shan book Hunters of the Dusk

Source: Hunters of the Dusk

“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”

Source: A Living Nightmare

“… 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.”

Source: The Vampire's Assistant

Darren Shan Wolf Island

Source: Wolf Island

“Indecision is the source of chaos."

- Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)”

Darren Shan Allies of the Night

Source: Allies of the Night

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

- Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)”

Darren Shan book Trials of Death

Source: 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)”

Source: A Living Nightmare

Darren Shan book Hunters of the Dusk

Source: 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!”

Source: Sons of Destiny

“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.”

Source: Lord Loss

“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”

Source: The Vampire's Assistant

Darren Shan book Vampire Mountain

Source: Vampire Mountain

“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.”

Source: Sons of Destiny

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

Source: Lord Loss

Darren Shan book Blood Beast

Source: Blood Beast

“You stole from a member of the undead”

“I sucked blood from one of my best friends”

Source: A Living Nightmare

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

- Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)”

Source: A Living Nightmare

Darren Shan book The Lake of Souls

Source: 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.”

Darren Shan Slawter

Source: Slawter

“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”

Source: The Vampire's Assistant

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

Source: Lord Loss

Darren Shan book Hunters of the Dusk

Source: Hunters of the Dusk

“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.”

Darren Shan Allies of the Night

Source: Allies of the Night

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

Darren Shan book Birth of a Killer

Source: Birth of a Killer

“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.”

Source: Lord Loss

Darren Shan book Lord of the Shadows

Source: Lord of the Shadows

“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.”