“Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. ”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
“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, quote from Sons of Destiny
“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.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
“I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and videos don't capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
“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.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
“Gli eventi chiave del passato non possono essere cambiati, ma le persone coinvolte si. Evanna mi aveva detto che se fosse tornata indietro e avesse ucciso Adolf Hitler, l'universo l'avrebbe rimpiazzato con qualcun'altro. Gli eventi fondamentali della seconda guerra mondiale si sarebbero verificati con le stesse modalità, scatenati però da una figura differente. [...]
Quindi non potevo modificare il corso della storia intorno a me, ma potevo togliermi di mezzo.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
“But knowing me the way I do (now that sounds weird!),”
― Darren Shan, quote from Sons of Destiny
Darren Shan
Born place: in London, The United Kingdom
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“I asked Granny one time if she thought green might be God's favorite color since he'd made so many shades of it.”
― Sheila Kay Adams, quote from My Old True Love
“For as a rule, the most ambitious horses are the highest mettled.”
― Jojo Moyes, quote from The Horse Dancer
“Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.”
― Rebecca Stead, quote from Liar & Spy
“Lana was good for my ego. She was good for everything. Too bad I was straight. And then there was the whole 'cousin' thing”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Wait till you see-at the same time that your family is dying for lack of bread-a hundred thousand acres of wheat-millions of bushels of food-grabbed and gobbled by the Railroad Trust, and then talk of moderation. That talk is just what the Trust wants to hear. It ain't frightened of that. There's one thing only it does listen to, one things it is frightened of-the people with dynamite in their hands,-six inches of plugged gaspipe. That talks.”
― Frank Norris, quote from The Octopus: A Story of California
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