Quotes from Darren Shan

Nos contamos historias de fantasmas mientras caminábamos. Fue Steve quien habló la mayor parte del tiempo, ya que él sabe mucho más que yo al respecto. Estaba en plena forma. A veces olvida los finales de las historias, o confunde los nombres, pero aquella noche no. ¡Aquello era mejor que estar con Stephen King!

Mr. Crepsley was every bit as composed as he'd sworn he would be. He didn't even shed a tear when the funeral litter was set alight. It was only later, when he was alone in his cell, that he wept loudly, and his cries echoed through the corridors and tunnels of Vampire Mountain, far into the cold, lonely dawn.

dressed to kill Koyasan

Melissa had faith in God and Theo had faith in the fertile Boratto testicles.

You have wasted your life on hatred and revenge, Mr Crepsley said. What good is life if there is no joy or creative purpose?

Life would be much simpler if I abandoned my humanity and ran wild with them, gave myself over to animalistic pleasures, free of the burdens of duty and responsibility.

Juni only laughs with mad delight at the threat, then waves mockingly. "Run, run as fast as you can, but I'll catch you, little ginger-haired man.

My master always said you couldn't beat a skill out of somebody. They had to learn in their own way and time. If you rushed them, you only delayed them. You had to be firm but not cruel. Cruelty is a barrier, and barriers slow people down.

Victims wait for others to fight on their behalf, Alice said roughly. Those who don't want to be victims fight for themselves.

If you follow Harkat, you might never return. Think seriously about this. If you go with Harkat and die, you won't be here to face Steve Leonard when the time comes, and your absence might have terrible repercussions for vampires everywhere. Is your short, grey-skinned friend worth such an enormous risk? I didn't have to think twice about that. Yes, I answered simply, and stepped through into unnatural, otherworldly greyness.

I am... how do the humans put it... broken?

What you're saying is that there's no point worrying about the past, because we can't change it? Basically, she nodded, then leant over, one green eye shining brightly, one brown eye gleaming dully. A mortal can drive himself mad thinking about the nature of the universal puzzle. Concern yourself only with the problems of the present and you will get along fine.

Deberás ser fuerte y tener fe en ti mismo. Nunca admitas la derrota, aunque te parezca inevitable.

Even in death, may you be triumphant.

pants. Juni looks at me and grins shakily. "I wanted to be a vet

You are a true vampire, Darren Shan, as worthy to walk the night as any I know.

The brains of the undead do nothing for me. The taste is vile, nothing like the juicy, enticing brains of the living.

You might be surprised," Bram said, picking up his pen again. "You'll answer my questions?" "Aye," Paris nodded, "but not tonight. I'm entertaining a friend. Remain a few nights and I will let you have your… how did you put it last time… your interview with a vampire.

The female vampire leaped from the plank and landed beside us. She was dressed in a white shirt and beige pants. She had long, dark hair, tied behind her back. She wasn't especially pretty — she had a hard, weathered face — but after so much time spent staring at ugly, scarred vampires, she looked like a movie star to me.

We rutted like cats.

Crooked, grasping, evil-hearted people were easy to find. Honest, concerned, self-sacrificing people were harder to come by.

Death is the only mistress worth love because she owns us already. Loving one of your own is a form of slavery. Only by learning to love death can one taste freedom. By acknowledging the bonds of our mortality, we are freed to explore the loops that form the chains of life.

Listening to demons was dangerous. Better to act in haste and shut your ears to them. But I couldn't help myself. There was something darkly inviting about his tone. It was like when someone was about to tell a gruesome but hilarious joke. I could feel the awfulness of it, but also the humour. I had to hear him out.

But knowing me the way I do (now that sounds weird!)