“Then set the hounds loose, boy - it's time to kick demonic ass!”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“No.
You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it.
You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“I know who the demon thief is - it's me!”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“I've lived and seen enough to know how difficult it is to settle for a small life when you're destined for greatness.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
“I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But what kind of love is that? It seems to me that comes down to, 'I'm not oblivious to you - that is, you can still hurt my feelings - but I can't stand having you around.' Who wants to be loved like that? Given a choice, I might skip the deep blood tie and settle for being liked. I wonder if wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I like you.' I wonder if just enjoying your kid's company isn't more important.”
― Lionel Shriver, quote from We Need to Talk About Kevin
“I balled my hands into tight fists to keep them from wrapping around Mr. I-Know-Everything's superior neck.”
― Maria V. Snyder, quote from Poison Study
“We figure he is the people’s horse, and we propose to train him in the open.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, quote from Seabiscuit: An American Legend
“That is one good thing about this world...there are always sure to be more springs.”
― L.M. Montgomery, quote from Anne of Avonlea
“And you must know we do not really change over time; we are as flowers unfolding, we merely become more nearly ourselves.”
― Anne Rice, quote from The Queen of the Damned
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