I’d like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can’t. It’s not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have their all-too-human limits.
DARREN SHANThey forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves.
More Darren Shan Quotes
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If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.
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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 videos don’t capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that.
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Life is a challenge” he once told me, “and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.
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I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine?
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Power always impresses the young and foolish.
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No. You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it. You don’t want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.
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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.
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What are you doing?” “Looking for my fangs.” “We don’t grow fangs you idiot!
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sometimes, in pursuit of a greater peace, a man must stand by and lets those he loves suffer the injustices of men ho cares only about their own beliefs and nothing about the faith or feelings of others– even when it pains him to the very core of his spirit
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Confidence has brought them out into the light, but they seem to have forgotten – light’s no good for creatures of the night.
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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 of us. We have the power to rule our lives – we just have to make the choice to use it.
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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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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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Your spikes have gone floppy.
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Now sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.
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