Darren Shan Quotes

Quotes about:

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

  Darren Shan

  Loneliness, World, Rejects

  48 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Destiny, Faces

  22 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Bullets, Mankind, Bites

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Children, Pain, Humility

  12 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Matter, Faces, Defining Moments

  4 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Ignorance, Extinction, Bliss

  5 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Mean, Black, Important

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

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Truth, Real, Hero

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

  7 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Stories, Made, Ifs

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

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Cancer, Return, Beats

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Heart, Long, Soul

  6 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Outsiders, Different, Freak

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

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Detours, Path, Something Better

  9 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Believe, Destiny, Thinking

  6 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Pain, Work Out, Challenges

  15 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Ifs And, Perfect, What If

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Suicide, Dream, Regret

  52 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Dying, Eternity, Minutes

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Dying, Burning, Awful

  9 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Lonely, Moving, Sight

  10 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Pain, Betrayal, Hate

  4 Copy quote

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

  Darren Shan

  Destiny, Towers, Cards

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Darren Shan

  Opportunity, Hands, Want

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

  6 Copy quote

• We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.

  Darren Shan

  Things In Life, Assuming, Assumption

  4 Copy quote

• A world of "if"s, but it would make no difference. If I could go back in time... but I couldn't. The past was behind me. The best thing now would be to stop looking over my shoulder. It was time to forget the past and look to the present and future.

  Darren Shan

  Past, Differences, Would Be

  11 Copy quote

Page 1 of 4

← Prev

1

2

3

4

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin