Ian > Ian's Quotes

“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.”
― Darren Shan

“Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. ”
― Darren Shan, Sons of Destiny

“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.”
― Darren Shan, Hunters of the Dusk

“...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive. ”
― Darren Shan, The Vampire's Assistant

“Indecision is the source of chaos."

- Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)”
― Darren Shan, Allies of the Night

“What are you doing?"
"Looking for my fangs."
"We don't grow fangs you idiot!”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“Charna's Guts!”
― Darren Shan

“The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“Better to Die in Honour than to live in Shame." -Arra Sails”
― Darren Shan

“We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.”
― Darren Shan

“But Steve will die if I do that!" I cried.
"Yes," he agreed. "It is your assistance or his life."
"That's not much of a choice," I grumbled.
"No," he admitted, "it is not. But it is the only one I offer.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“Okay," I sighed. "I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me."

"Fair enough," he said.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“ First of all," he said, with a sly smile, "we have to kill you!”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“I'm hungry," he whimpered instead.
"Food is on its way."
"No," he said. "The other kind of hunger."
P198”
― Darren Shan, Ocean of Blood

“Por lo menos estaba siendo honesto. Como ya he dicho, siempre prefiero la verdad –por desagradable que ésta pueda ser— a una mentira. Con la verdad, uno sabe el terreno que pisa.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“No," I said softly. "You have to give it to me. You have to use it on Steve. He's dying. You can't let him die."

"I most certainly can.”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“They're going to demand your death, Darren.”
― Darren Shan, Trials of Death

“You stole a vampire's spider@" Steve shouted. "You stole from a member of the undead!”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Literary Sexts: A Collection of Short & Sexy Love Poems

“You called me Simon before."
"No, I didn't.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I lean into him, because I'm cold and he's always warm. And because I like to remind him that I'm not afraid of him.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“For a moment—not even a moment, a split second—I imagine him saying, 'The truth is, I'm desperately attracted to you.' And then I imagine myself spitting in his face. And then I imagine licking it off his cheek and kissing him. (Because I'm disturbed. Ask anyone.)”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I am going to die kissing Simon Snow. Aleister Crowley, I'm living a charmed life.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess."
He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?"
"I love it." He says
"Why?"
"Because we match.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I was eleven years old, and I'd lost my mother, and my soul, and the Crucible gave me you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“He’s a book full of footnotes brought to life. He’s a jacket made of elbow patches.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On