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That’s what you taught me - we don’t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.

Darren Shan

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Darren Shan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 2
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London
England
D. B. Shan
Darren Dash
Darren Shan
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sometimes, in pursuit of a greater peace, a man must stand by and lets those he loves suffer the injustices of men ho cares only about their own beliefs and nothing about the faith or feelings of others-- even when it pains him to the very core of his spirit
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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.
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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. Sometimes individuals have to be Atlases and carry the weight of the world alone. It shouldn't happen that way, but it does.
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Now sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.
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To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why we'll never rule this world. We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further,trying to fly higher...and falling
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I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr.Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled.
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Maybe you're going insane. Maybe, agreed Kernel. I was joking. I wasn't.
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Power always impresses the young and foolish.
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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.
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Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.
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But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.
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Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.
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Maybe we should wait....wait for him to kill another five or six, huh?
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I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.
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Lovely Arra Sails, nectar to all males, how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!
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Better to die for my people in my own land than rule in another and suffer a lifetime of cowardly guilt.
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There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.
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Meddling, smug, stupid little... She likes me! They always play hard to get when they like me! No. You do not understand. I could not have done it because I can not read or write.
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