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 SHANWhat are you doing?” “Looking for my fangs.” “We don’t grow fangs you idiot!
More Darren Shan Quotes
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Your spikes have gone floppy.
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Maybe you’re going insane.” “Maybe,” agreed Kernel. “I was joking.” “I wasn’t.
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But you’re like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We’re both weird, which is why we get along.
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Power always impresses the young and foolish.
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If he comes in the dark, then it’s KYAG Time!” – Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)
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The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew – even the gods themselves – would condemn him for it, Jebel didn’t think of Tel Hesani as a slave, but as an equal.
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One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can’t worry about the dead, only the living.
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If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.
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If mankind’s destined to bite the bullet, let’s bite it and be damned.
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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.
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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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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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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 know who the demon thief is – it’s me!
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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.
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… please Lady… Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish.” “You most certainly were.” “You are cruel, Evanna.
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Throw up whatever’s making you sick, Darren,” he said, “then get your behind back in here.
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What use was money if you didn’t have the time to enjoy it?
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To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why we’ll never rule this world. We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further,trying to fly higher…and falling
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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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beg you. You’re civilised people. Help me!” “We can’t,” Prae says coldly. “Even if we wanted to – and personally I have no problem with him gutting you – we couldn’t. He’s not ours to control. He’s one of your specimens. You helped create him – now you have to deal with him
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So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it’s only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.
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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.
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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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I sucked blood from one of my best friends
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