Darren Shan Quotes

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You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

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Loneliness, World, Rejects

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

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Destiny, Faces

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

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Bullets, Mankind, Bites

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But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.

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Matter, Faces, Defining Moments

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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.

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Children, Pain, Humility

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When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.

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Ignorance, Extinction, Bliss

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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 that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.

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Mean, Black, Important

Darren Shan (2012). “ZOM-B”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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Truth, Real, Hero

Darren Shan (2012). “Vampire Blood Trilogy (The Saga of Darren Shan)”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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

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Stories, Made, Ifs

Darren Shan (2012). “Vampire Blood Trilogy (The Saga of Darren Shan)”, p.42, HarperCollins UK

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I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

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Cancer, Return, Beats

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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 whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.

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Believe, Destiny, Thinking

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But stories don't end. They continue as long as you're alive. You just have to get on with things. Turn the page, start a new chapter, find out what's in store for you next, and keep your fingers crossed that it's not too awful. Even if you know in your heart and soul that it most probably will be.

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Heart, Long, Soul

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

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Outsiders, Different, Freak

Darren Shan (2014). “The Demonata 1-5 (Lord Loss; Demon Thief; Slawter; Bec; Blood Beast) (The Demonata)”, p.70, HarperCollins UK

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Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.

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Detours, Path, Something Better

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But the universe isn't fair. Things don't work out neatly, pain, hardship and challenges divided equally among those best equipped to deal with them. Sometimes individuals have to be Atlases and carry the weight of the world alone. It shouldn't happen that way, but it does.

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Pain, Work Out, Challenges

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It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.

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Ifs And, Perfect, What If

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You didn't want to die. Most mortals don't, even if they find themselves in as desolate and soul-destroying a spot as you. Almost all of those who take their own lives wish at the last moment that they hadn't. They see at the end how much they've given up, how precious life is, even when it's treated them like dirt and crushed their dreams. Many think they've passed beyond hope, but they never really have, not until they pass beyond life itself. Alas, that knowledge comes too late for most would-be-suicides and they die with regret. Very few are offered the chance that you have been handed.

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Suicide, Dream, Regret

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Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.

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Dying, Eternity, Minutes

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No, thats not how it happened... Mr crepsley dropped. He was impaled on the stakes. He died. And it was awful... His cries as he writhed there, bleeding and dying, burning and screaming, will stay with me till I die. Maybe I'll even carry them with me after I go.

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Dying, Burning, Awful

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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 just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

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Lonely, Moving, Sight

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

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Pain, Betrayal, Hate

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

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Destiny, Towers, Cards

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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 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.

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Opportunity, Hands, Want

Darren Shan (2007). “Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan”

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Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.

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Heart, Childhood, States

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Even in death may you triumphant

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May, Triumphant

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