Darren Shan

For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.

— Darren Shan

If this were a made-up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under…

— Darren Shan

“That depends," I said, whipping off the cloth. "If you think it's a deadly performing spider -- you're right!”

— Darren Shan

“I can give you two words," I tell him. "The second is off. Can you guess the first?”

— Darren Shan

I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine?

— Darren Shan

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

— Darren Shan

“There are some things in life we can never understand, things we are better off not understanding.”

— Darren Shan

“My advice," he added in a whisper, "would be to make your peace with the gods, for I fear you will face…

— Darren Shan

“I bite off the fingers and spit them out. Lord Loss screams obligingly. One of the snakes digs its fangs into my…

— Darren Shan

I always knew there was power in the earth, but it must be much stronger than I imagined to resist such a…

— Darren Shan

“There's something different about you," he says. "I've started styling my hair differently," I laugh. "Oh. I thought it was that you…

— Darren Shan

I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own…

— Darren Shan

“But what Desmond didn't tell you is -- by the end of the hunt, if you have faced the Vampaneze Lord four…

— Darren Shan

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…

— Darren Shan

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face…

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I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and…

— Darren Shan

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

— Darren Shan

“All the power in the universe means nothing if you can't be with the one you love.”

— Darren Shan

If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd…

— Darren Shan

“They got so accustomed to the false alarms that when she did eventually die, they did not realize it, and she lay…

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I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They…

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“But Steve will die if I do that!" I cried. "Yes," he agreed. "It is your assistance or his life." "That's not…

— Darren Shan

“This was selfish and wasteful. Cowardly. Nobody should voluntarily give up on life. If it was your time to die, death would…

— Darren Shan

“...one of the wolf-like beasts wraps it's arms around me and howls into my ear, obscuring all other sounds. I lash at…

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“We cannot help where we are born or how we are raised," Tel Hesani said. "But we can reject the twisted beliefs…

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“When Larten heard that Alicia had married, he felt both jealousy and delight. A selfish part of him had hoped she'd mourn…

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“As for advice—write as much as you can! Time’s ticking, and if you don’t throw everything you have into your stories today,…

— Darren Shan

Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the…

— Darren Shan