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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.

Darren Shan

It is too easy to say ‘what if’ and paint a picture of a perfect world.
DARREN SHAN

Perfect Say World
If he comes in the dark, then it’s KYAG Time!” – Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)
DARREN SHAN

Dark Lakes Soul
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

Black Important Mean
What use was money if you didn’t have the time to enjoy it?
DARREN SHAN

Enjoy Money Time Use
Of course I have nightmares-Who doesn’t?
DARREN SHAN

Courses Nightmare
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
DARREN SHAN

Beautiful Laughter
… please Lady… Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish.” “You most certainly were.” “You are cruel, Evanna.
DARREN SHAN

Foolish Speak Young
What are you doing?” “Looking for my fangs.” “We don’t grow fangs you idiot!
DARREN SHAN

Fangs Grows Idiot
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.
DARREN SHAN

Childhood Heart States
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.
DARREN SHAN

Better Feel Hate Want
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.
DARREN SHAN

Always Fall Learn Small Some
They forget that the vampaneze were once our brothers, that by destroying them, we destroy a part of ourselves.
DARREN SHAN

Brother Smart Vampire War
Power always impresses the young and foolish.
DARREN SHAN

Foolish Impress Young
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

Behind Differences Past Time
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

Defining Moments Faces Matter
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.
DARREN SHAN

Choices Destiny Taught

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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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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