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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
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Destiny
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Whatever
Faces
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Life

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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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What are you doing? Looking for my fangs. We don't grow fangs you idiot!
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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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Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall? Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.
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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.
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but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house
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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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Life is a challenge he once told me, and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.
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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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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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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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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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She was a beautiful woman. Gavner sighed, tracing the outline of one of the elephants. She just had very bad taste in underwear … And in boyfriends, I added impishly. Mr. Crepsley burst into laughter at that
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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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The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying
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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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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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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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He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.
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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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