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Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

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
Life
Throws
Destiny
Face
Whatever
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Make

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If I'd known how wrong I was - if I'd had any idea of the awful night that lay ahead - I'd have run after him and never returned to that disgusting circus of blood, that revolting circus of death.
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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, wolfen howl.
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Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.
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I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine?
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A world of ifs, but it would make no difference. If I could go back in time... but I couldn't. The past was behind me. The best thing now would be to stop looking over my shoulder. It was time to forget the past and look to the present and future.
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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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Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren, he said, then get your behind back in here.
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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.
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But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.
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Maybe we should wait....wait for him to kill another five or six, huh?
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Leave him alone! Debbie shouted. Shut up, please, or I'll kill you, Mr Tiny replied.
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When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. I have gravely underestimated you, Darren, he said. I will not do so again. I made a wiser choice than I realized when I chose you to serve as my assistant. I feel honoured to have you by my side.
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Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.
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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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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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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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Power always impresses the young and foolish.
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Maybe you're going insane. Maybe, agreed Kernel. I was joking. I wasn't.
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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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Confidence has brought them out into the light, but they seem to have forgotten - light's no good for creatures of the night.
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