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

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

- 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

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

- 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

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort …

- Darren Shan