Zitate von Darren Shan

„Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren," he said, "then get your behind back in here.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Cirque du Freak

„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

„Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Sons of Destiny

„Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall?"
Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Hunters of the Dusk

„I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Cirque du Freak

„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, buch Cirque du Freak

„Even in death may you triumphant“

—  Darren Shan

„… The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.“

—  Darren Shan, buch The Vampire's Assistant

„Maybe you're going insane."
"Maybe," agreed Kernel.
"I was joking."
"I wasn't.“

—  Darren Shan, Wolf Island

„It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.“

—  Darren Shan, buch The Lake of Souls

„You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Birth of a Killer

„Indecision is the source of chaos."

- Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)“

—  Darren Shan, Allies of the Night

„The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch."

- Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)“

—  Darren Shan, buch Trials of Death

„What are you doing?"
"Looking for my fangs."
"We don't grow fangs you idiot!“

—  Darren Shan, buch Cirque du Freak

„A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

- Harkat Mulds (Hunters of the Dusk)“

—  Darren Shan, buch Hunters of the Dusk

„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, buch Sons of Destiny

„Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch!“

—  Darren Shan, buch Lord Loss

„Life is a challenge" he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.“

—  Darren Shan, buch Vampire Mountain

„For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.“

—  Darren Shan, buch The Vampire's Assistant