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

— Darren Shan

It’s one thing to go into a fight knowing you’ll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit.

— Darren Shan

I've never met a politician who didn't deserve to be tossed into a pit full of Kaolin," Barnabas grunts.

— Darren Shan

I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. Furthermore, I'll live and grow strong. Furthermore, I'll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer.

— Darren Shan

Leave him alone!" Debbie shouted." Shut up, please, or I'll kill you," Mr Tiny replied.

— Darren Shan

Lovely Area Sails, nectar to all males, how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!

— Darren Shan

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

— Darren Shan

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

Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted they are to those who instructed them. Good teachers expect no praise or love from the young. They wait for it, and in time, it comes.

— Darren Shan

The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying

— Darren Shan