Darren Shan Quotes

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.

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

There's something different about you," he says.
"I've started styling my hair differently," I laugh.
"Oh. I thought it was that you were three feet taller, a hell of a lot broader, look like a werewolf, and are naked expect for that bit of cloth around your waist. But you're right - it's the hair.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it?