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Darren Shan

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Darren O'Shaughnessy is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, and Zom-B, published under the pseudonym Darren Shan.

Quick Facts About Darren Shan

Notable works: Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan #3)

About Darren Shan

Darren O'Shaughnessy is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, and Zom-B, published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The former was adapted into a manga series from 2006 to 2009 as well as a live-action film in 2009, with a prequel series, The Saga of Larten Crepsley, being released from 2010 to 2012.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Darren Shan

“But knowing me the way I do (now that sounds weird!),”

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“I know the names of every intelligent being, the spots on the wings of every butterfly that broke out of a cocoon,…

Bec

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

Bites

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“Mr. Crepsley was every bit as composed as he'd sworn he would be. He didn't even shed a tear when the funeral…

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“Normal people don’t know how lucky—how blessed—they are.”

Lucky

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

Demon

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

Creatures

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“I will not make you a vampire," Mr. Crepsley insisted. "You must forget about it. Go home and get on with your…

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To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why…

Death

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Your spikes have gone floppy,

Gone

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“I'm hungry," he whimpered instead. "Food is on its way." "No," he said. "The other kind of hunger." P198”

Food

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“People need devils and dark gods, if only to give them a foe to rally against, an obstacle to overcome. Your people…

Darkness

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

Art

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

Forever

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...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.

Alive

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You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face…

Believe

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“It’s one thing to go into a fight knowing you’ll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must…

Grubbs-grady

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That’s what you taught me - we don’t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all…

Accepting

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I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance…

Able

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Even in death may you triumphant

Death

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“Death is the worst this world can throw at you, Darren -- if you accept it, it has no power over you.”

Death

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“Better to Die in Honour than to live in Shame." -Arra Sails”

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“Okay," I sighed. "I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever…

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“Bran,” I sob. “You have to go.” He just smiles. “Bran! You must!” Again the smile. He won't leave. He'll be my…

Bec

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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…

Adults

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Life (22) Death (19) Time (17) World (11) Grubbs-grady (9) Destiny (8)