Darren Shan

Even in death, may you be triumphant

The hands of fate keep time on a heart-shaped clock.

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

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi)

If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned.

The 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.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

As long as you__e breathing, your story__ still going.

Though I__ tempted by the call of the sea, I resist. It can__ claim me.In a way I__ stronger than the waves and I feel good about that.

The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the heroes can make as many mistakes as they like. It doesn't matter what they do, because everything works out in the end. They'll beat the bad guys and put things right and everything ends up cool.In real life, vacuum cleaners kill spiders. If you cross a busy road without looking, you get whacked by a car. If you fall from a tree, you break some bones. 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. I just wanted to make that clear before I begun.

A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!

We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further, trying to fly higher_ and falling.

But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.

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.

It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.

Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods.

There's something different about you," he says."I've started styling my hair differently," I laugh."Oh. I thought it was that you were three feet taller, a hell of a lot broader, look like a werewolf, and are naked expect for that bit of cloth around your waist. But you're right - it's the hair.

You thought I was a werewolf?" Dervish asks."Yes" I answer hollowly."You ass.