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title: "2 Cowardly Quotes By Darren Shan"
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> [Better to die for my people in my own land than rule in another and suffer a lifetime of cowardly guilt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/better-to-die-for-my-people-in-my-own-land-than-rule-in-another-and/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/darren-shan-1943_cowardly_better-to-die-for-my-people-in-my-own-la_744577.png)

> [“This was selfish and wasteful. Cowardly. Nobody should voluntarily give up on life. If it was your time to die, death would calmly claim you. Otherwise it was your duty to press on and live. P29”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/this-was-selfish-and-wasteful-cowardly-nobody-should-voluntarily-give/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/darren-shan-1943_cowardly_this-was-selfish-and-wasteful-cowardly-n_3089610.png)

## Other authors on Cowardly

## More by Darren Shan

> [“But knowing me the way I do (now that sounds weird!),”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/but-knowing-me-the-way-i-do-now-that-sounds-weird/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“I know the names of every intelligent being, the spots on the wings of every butterfly that broke out of a cocoon, the genetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/i-know-the-names-of-every-intelligent-being-the-spots-on-the-wings-of/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/if-mankind-s-destined-to-bite-the-bullet-let-s-bite-it-and-be-damned/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“Mr. Crepsley was every bit as composed as he'd sworn he would be. He didn't even shed a tear when the funeral litter was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/mr-crepsley-was-every-bit-as-composed-as-he-d-sworn-he-would-be-he/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“Normal people don’t know how lucky—how blessed—they are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/normal-people-don-t-know-how-lucky-how-blessed-they-are/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/the-demons-were-scary-but-girls-well-girls-are-really-terrifying/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/for-an-hour-or-more-he-was-neither-human-nor-vampire-just-a-howling/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“I will not make you a vampire," Mr. Crepsley insisted. "You must forget about it. Go home and get on with your life." "No!"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/i-will-not-make-you-a-vampire-mr-crepsley-insisted-you-must-forget/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why we'll never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/to-be-a-druid-is-to-embrace-death-dance-with-it-a-while-and-finally/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [Your spikes have gone floppy,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/your-spikes-have-gone-floppy/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“I'm hungry," he whimpered instead. "Food is on its way." "No," he said. "The other kind of hunger." P198”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/i-m-hungry-he-whimpered-instead-food-is-on-its-way-no-he-said-the/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [“People need devils and dark gods, if only to give them a foe to rally against, an obstacle to overcome. Your people understood that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/people-need-devils-and-dark-gods-if-only-to-give-them-a-foe-to-rally/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/but-i-don-t-think-art-s-an-einstein-he-likes-tugging-ears-biting/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/if-he-turned-his-back-on-humanity-now-it-would-be-forever/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

> [...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-shan/the-pain-didn-t-bother-me-in-fact-i-welcome-it-it-meant-i-was-alive/)

[Darren Shan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-shan/)

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