But the universe isn't fair. Things don't work out neatly, pain, hardship and challenges divided equally among those best equipped to deal with them.…

- Darren Shan

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

- Darren Shan

Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.

- Darren Shan

The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch." - Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)

- Darren Shan

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

- Darren Shan

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.

- Darren Shan

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

- Darren Shan

You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. An…

- 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 d…

- Darren Shan