Life is a challenge” he once told me, “and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.
DARREN SHANAlas, 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.
More Darren Shan Quotes
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If mankind’s destined to bite the bullet, let’s bite it and be damned.
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She was a beautiful woman.” Gavner sighed, tracing the outline of one of the elephants. “She just had very bad taste in underwear …” “And in boyfriends,” I added impishly. Mr. Crepsley burst into laughter at that
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Quick! Head for the ground floor! We have to get out! We will die if we stay! The vampires are here!” “Haven’t you got a hug for me, Larten, old buddy?
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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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Most vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don’t ever forget it.
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I sucked blood from one of my best friends
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When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.
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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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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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Like worms, we’ve grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight. But we can never really fly. We try, and succeed to a certain extent, but the fall is always – will always be – there.
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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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but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house
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Destiny’s what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.
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Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch!
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You should take more pride in your appearance,” I tell him. “You’ll never attract girls with an ugly mug like that.
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