Darren Shan citations

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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!”

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

“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”

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

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“You stole from a member of the undead”

“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.”