Life is a challenge” he once told me, “and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.
DARREN SHANLife is a challenge” he once told me, “and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.
DARREN SHANI 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.
DARREN SHANConfidence has brought them out into the light, but they seem to have forgotten – light’s no good for creatures of the night.
DARREN SHANShe 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 SHANThrow up whatever’s making you sick, Darren,” he said, “then get your behind back in here.
DARREN SHANMost vampire never realize how pointless and savage war truly is. You were smart enough to see through the truth. Don’t ever forget it.
DARREN SHANThe world won’t end with a bang or a whimper. It’ll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl.
DARREN SHANBut you’re like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We’re both weird, which is why we get along.
DARREN SHANPower always impresses the young and foolish.
DARREN SHANWhat use was money if you didn’t have the time to enjoy it?
DARREN SHANYour spikes have gone floppy.
DARREN SHANI sucked blood from one of my best friends
DARREN SHANLike 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 SHANNow sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.
DARREN SHANReal 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 SHANBut 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