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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 of a state we're in.

Darren Shan

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Darren Shan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 2
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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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For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.
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I gulped, then stepped over the threshold into the house where I'd lived as a boy. After eighteen long years of wandering, I had finally come home.
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If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.
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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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No, thats not how it happened... Mr crepsley dropped. He was impaled on the stakes. He died. And it was awful... His cries as he writhed there, bleeding and dying, burning and screaming, will stay with me till I die. Maybe I'll even carry them with me after I go.
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If mankind's destined to bite the bullet, let's bite it and be damned.
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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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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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Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.
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Even in death may you triumphant
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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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What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it?
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The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch. - Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)
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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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Cirque du Freak' is the best vampire series ever.
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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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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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What are you doing? Looking for my fangs. We don't grow fangs you idiot!
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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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