Quotes from Darren Shan

That depends, I said, whipping off the cloth. If you think it's a deadly performing spider -- you're right!

Death is the worst this world can throw at you, Darren -- if you accept it, it has no power over you.

We don't grow fangs, you idiot!

Those who hate are doomed to become slaves to their hatred. It consumes them like a disease, but it is an illness they cannot–or do not want to–live without.

one of the wolf-like beasts wraps it's arms around me and howls into my ear, obscuring all other sounds. I lash at the creature, trying to wriggle free, gathering my energy to fight back. before I can, the beasts laughs and says, Surely you recognise me.

An assistant could be just what the witch doctor ordered.

In the Demonata's universe there was always something else to kill.

The world was more fun if you could enjoy it with complete abandonment, untouched by the misery of others.

We laugh. Bec stares at us uncertainly, then joins in. She sounds a bit like Bill-E when she laughs, and for a few happy moments it's as if me, my brother and uncle are together again, relaxing in Dervish's study, sharing a joke, not a care in the world.

You can't hate those who are harming themselves. Instead you pity them and try to help them if you can.

I stop reading after half an hour. I've had enough. Humanity has hit a brick wall. We're facing our end, like the dinosaurs millions of years before us. The only difference is we've got journalists on hand to document every blow and setback, cataloguing our rapid, painful downfall in vibrant, vicious detail. Personally, I think the dinosaurs had the better deal. When it comes to impending, unavoidable extinction, ignorance is bliss.

They're going to demand your death, Darren.

El tiempo nunca se detiene. Todos tenemos sitios a donde ir y obstáculos que superar

With such a small brain, I don't know how you made it this far.

The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

As long as you're breathing, your story's still going.

It'll be like a game of chess. We can let the game unfold as it did before, but if we want to avoid checkmate, we'll have to readjust the pieces a few moves shy of the finish.

It was an age of tragic mistakes.

No, I said softly. You have to give it to me. You have to use it on Steve. He's dying. You can't let him die. I most certainly can.

Okay, I sighed. 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. Fair enough, he said.

Did you hear it? Just about, I said, trembling nervously. That's not good enough. She frowned. Just about will kill you.

I used to imagine the spider creeping down, crawling into my mouth, sliding down my throat, and laying loads of eggs in my belly. The Baby spiders would hatch after a while and eat me alive, from the inside out

The secret to success is to stop when you're ahead.

One night of slavery is too much.