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Darren Shan Quotes | Quotes said by Darren Shan

  • Darren Shan Quote #1

    War, Beranabus murmurs, face crinkling. Most humans know nothing of true warfare. They wage their silly territorial battles, kill each other ruthlessly and freely, and consider themselves experts on war and suffering. But the real war has always been ahead of them, unseen, unimagined. Enemies who can't be killed by normal weapons, who have their base in an alternate universe, who are interested only in slaughtering every living being on the face of the planet.


  • Darren Shan Quote #2

    A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi)

  • Darren Shan Quote #3

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #4

    Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

  • Darren Shan Quote #5

    Because we live in a world under siege,” I say. “Life sucks for mages and magicians- you taught me that. Bad things happen to those of us who get involved, but if we didn't fight, we'd be in an even worse state. None of it it’s your fault, any more than it’s the fault of the moon or the stars.”
    Dervish nods slowly, then arches an eyebrow “The moon or the stars?”
    “I always get poetic when I'm dealing with self-pitying simpletons.

  • Darren Shan Quote #6

    Bran,” I sob. “You have to go.” He just smiles. “Bran! You must!” Again the smile. He won't leave. He'll be my faithful friend forever. He'd rather die by my side than skip free without me. I return the smile. “Very well,” I sigh and reach out a hand. Bran takes it, expecting only my touch. But what he gets on top of that is the last of my magic. A swift, improvised spell. I reach into his mind and send an image into his thoughts, of the hole, him dashing out of it, racing through the cave and not coming back. And then, with all the magical force I can muster, I yell at him— “Run fast!

  • Darren Shan Quote #7

    But I also slaughtered you real mother and father. In a moment of mad rage, I took their lives and left you an orphan. If you choose to take my life as a payment for theirs, you will be within your rights and no vampire will hold it against you. Pass judgment on me, Gavner Purl, and let your hand rise or fall as destiny decides it must.
    -Larten Crepsley

  • Darren Shan Quote #8

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #9

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #10

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #11

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #12

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #13

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #14

    I hope we meet again, said Ramman.
    I do too, Tel Hesani said, then added underneath his breath, Although I fear it won't be in this world.

  • Darren Shan Quote #15

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #16

    I stop reading after half an hour. I’ve had enough. Humanity has hit a brick wall. We’re facing our end, like the dinosaurs millions of years before us. The only difference is we’ve got journalists on hand to document every blow and setback, cataloguing our rapid, painful downfall in vibrant, vicious detail. Personally, I think the dinosaurs had the better deal. When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.

  • Darren Shan Quote #17

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #18

    I've never met a politician who didn't deserve to be tossed into a pit full of Kallin, Beranabus grunts.

  • Darren Shan Quote #19

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #20

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #21

    It’s one thing to go into a fight knowing you’ll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit.

  • Darren Shan Quote #22

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #23

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #24

    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.

  • Darren Shan Quote #25

    Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted they are to those who instructed them. Good teachers expect no praise or love from the young. They wait for it, and in time, it comes.

  • Darren Shan Quote #26

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

  • Darren Shan Quote #27

    The hands of fate keep time on a heart-shaped clock.

  • Darren Shan Quote #28

    The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

  • Darren Shan Quote #29

    The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even the gods themselves - would condemn him for it, Jebel didn't think of Tel Hesani as a slave, but as an equal.

  • Darren Shan Quote #30

    The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the heroes can make as many mistakes as they like. It doesn't matter what they do, because everything works out in the end. They'll beat the bad guys and put things right and everything ends up cool.
    In real life, vacuum cleaners kill spiders. If you cross a busy road without looking, you get whacked by a car. If you fall from a tree, you break some bones.
    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 just wanted to make that clear before I begun.

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