""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)

"Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. "
— Darren Shan (Sons of Destiny)

"A world of "if"s, 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."
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"cirque du freak is the best vampire series ever"
— Darren Shan

""Maybe you're going insane."
"Maybe," agreed Kernel.
"I was joking."
"I wasn't.""
— Darren Shan (Death's Shadow)

"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

"It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world."

- Kurda Smalt (The Lake of Souls)"
— Darren Shan

"...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive. "
— Darren Shan (The Vampire's Assistant)

"""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

"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 (A Living Nightmare)

""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.""
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"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."
— Darren Shan

"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."
— Darren Shan (The Vampire's Assistant)

""A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

- Harkat Mulds (Hunters of the Dusk)"
— Darren Shan

""The hands of Fate keep time on a heart-shaped watch."

- Harkat Mulds(The Trials of Death)"
— Darren Shan

"Indecision is the source of chaos."

- Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)"
— Darren Shan

"If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time!"

- Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)"
— Darren Shan

"Jangan biarkan kebencian menguasai hidupmu. Kematianku tidak perlu dibalaskan. Hiduplah sebagai vampir yang bebas, bukan sebagai makhluk putus asa gila dan terobsesi untuk membalas dendam."
— Darren Shan (Killers of the Dawn)

" "can i turn into a bat" said daren "no that's bull sh*t" said mr crepsley"
— Darren Shan

"but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house"
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

""Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren," he said, "then get your behind back in here." "
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"Even in death may you triumphant"
— Darren Shan

"You stole from a member of the undead"
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"I sucked blood from one of my best friends"
— Darren Shan (A Living Nightmare)

"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."
— Darren Shan (The Vampire's Assistant)

"Monster tidak terlahir keji begitu saja. Mereka tumbuh, berkembang, menjadi monster."
— Darren Shan (Lord of the Shadows)

"“You should take more pride in your appearance,” I tell him. “You’ll never attract girls with an ugly mug
like that.”"
— Darren Shan

"Kebanyakan orang merasa takut suatu waktu dalam hidupnya. Itu tidak berarti mereka pengecut. Pengecut adalah mereka yang tidak melakukan apapun ketika rasa takut mengancam menghancurkan mereka."
— Darren Shan (Koyasan)

"Monster tidak terlahir keji begitu saja. Mereka tumbuh, berkembang, menjadi monster."
— Darren Shan (Lord of the Shadows)

"Monster tidak terlahir keji begitu saja. Mereka tumbuh, berkembang, menjadi monster."
— Darren Shan (Lord of the Shadows)