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

— Darren Shan

The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

— Darren Shan

Then we still have time!” I gasp. “It’s not too late. We know what he’s going to do. We’ll return to the cave and high

— Darren Shan

The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even the gods themselves - would condemn him for it, Rebel didn't think of Tel Herein as a slave, but as an equal.

— Darren Shan

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 to expect for that bit of cloth around your waist. But you're right - it's the hair.

— Darren Shan

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 have begun.

— Darren Shan

The world might be going up in flames, but we have to carry on as normal

— Darren Shan

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, Wolfe howl.

— Darren Shan

Though I’m tempted by the call of the sea, I resist. It can’t claim me. In a way I’m stronger than the waves and I feel good about that.

— Darren Shan

We cannot help where we are born or how we are raised," Tel Herein said. "But we can reject the twisted beliefs of those around us if we need to. Our loved ones and elders don't always know what is best. A man should listen to his heart and make his own decisions about what is wrong and what is right.

— Darren Shan