Darren Shan said this quote

You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.

~ Darren Shan

You thought I was a werewolf? Dervish asks.Yes I answer hollowly.You ass.

~ Darren Shan

Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted they are to those who instructed them. Good teachers expect no praise or love from the young. They wait for it, and in time, it comes.

~ Darren Shan

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

~ Darren Shan