242 Quotes by Darren Shan

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.

Bill-E his knife. He grimaces and tries to wipe the muck off on his.

I’d like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can’t. It’s not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have their all-too-human limits.

We all have to do things we don’t like in life.

The secret to success is to stop when you’re ahead.

I know who the demon thief is – it’s me!

It’ll be like a game of chess. We can let the game unfold as it did before, but if we want to avoid checkmate, we’ll have to readjust the pieces a few moves shy of the finish.

The moon’s a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.

Destiny is a tower of cards – nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116.