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If this were a made-up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed.
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Darren Shan |
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please Lady... Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish." "You most certainly were." "You are cruel, Evanna."
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Darren Shan |
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The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.
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Darren Shan |
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Meddling, smug, stupid little..." "She likes me! They always play hard to get when they like me!" "No. You do not understand. I could not have done it because I can not read or write."
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Darren Shan |
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Watching the hole in the ever-fading light. It's the size of a baby now, closing all the time. Narrower and narrower, until there's barely room to fit an arm through. I'm thinking about quenching the light before the hole shuts--this is just torture--when a face suddenly appears. It's Bran. The spell has passed and he's come back. He wants to get through, to be with me. But the hole's too small. He punches it, pulls at it, slips his fingers..
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bran
depressing
runfast
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Darren Shan |
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But you're like me," he says. "An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along."
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friendship
grubbs-grady
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Darren Shan |
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If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.
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Darren Shan |
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He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.
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truth
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Leave him alone!" Debbie shouted. "Shut up, please, or I'll kill you," Mr Tiny replied."
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darren-shan
debbie
mr-tiny
vampires
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Darren Shan |
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Better to die for my people in my own land than rule in another and suffer a lifetime of cowardly guilt.
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Darren Shan |
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Your spikes have gone floppy,
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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Confidence has brought them out into the light, but they seem to have forgotten - light's no good for creatures of the night.
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Darren Shan |
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Better not to start down a wrong path at all than head down it in the hope of making a detour when something better came along.
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Darren Shan |
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I'm ALIVE!!!!!!!
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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You didn't want to die. Most mortals don't, even if they find themselves in as desolate and soul-destroying a spot as you. Almost all of those who take their own lives wish at the last moment that they hadn't. They see at the end how much they've given up, how precious life is, even when it's treated them like dirt and crushed their dreams. Many think they've passed beyond hope, but they never really have, not until they pass beyond life it..
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house
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Darren Shan |
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Quick! Head for the ground floor! We have to get out! We will die if we stay! The vampires are here!" "Haven't you got a hug for me, Larten, old buddy?"
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Darren Shan |
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My eyes! I'm blind!
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Darren Shan |
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It's a bit like the feeling I get when I'm standing on a cliff or high building, looking down at a suicidal drop. I start thinking about what would happen if I stepped off, the rush of the fall, the shattering collision, the quiet emptiness of death. Part of me wants to experience the thrill of complete surrender...
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Darren Shan |
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Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116
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Darren Shan |
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To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why we'll never rule this world. We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further,trying to fly higher...and falling
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Darren Shan |
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The hands of fate keep time on a heart-shaped clock.
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cirque-du-freak
deep
deep-thoughts
du
fate
freak
harkat
mulds
watch
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Darren Shan |
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Because we live in a world under siege," I say. "Life sucks for mages and magicians- taught me that. Bad things happen to those of us who get involved, but if we didn't fight, we'd be in an even worse state. None of it it's your fault, any more than it's the fault of the moon or the stars." Dervish nods slowly, then arches an eyebrow " " "I always get poetic when I'm dealing with self-pitying simpletons."
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humor
humour
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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I know who the demon thief is - it's me!
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Darren Shan |
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I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine?
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!
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p334
the-thin-executioner
views
world
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Darren Shan |
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Monster tidak terlahir keji begitu saja. Mereka tumbuh, berkembang, menjadi monster.
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Darren Shan |
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Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of mankind competing to see who could commit the worst atrocities.
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Darren Shan |
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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.
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Darren Shan |
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But I also slaughtered you real mother and father. In a moment of mad rage, I took their lives and left you an orphan. If you choose to take my life as a payment for theirs, you will be within your rights and no vampire will hold it against you. Pass judgment on me, Gavner Purl, and let your hand rise or fall as destiny decides it must." -Larten Crepsley"
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larten-crepsely
palace-of-the-damned
vampires
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Darren Shan |
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So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it's only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.
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Darren Shan |
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In the beginning Grubbs created the heavens and the earth, and everything was dark. Then Grubbs said, 'Let there be light!'" And there was light. "
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Darren Shan |
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I won't die. I won't give those ghouls the pleasure. I'll live and grow strong. I'll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer.
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cool
determination
willpower
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Darren Shan |
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Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.
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Darren Shan |
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Then we still have time!" I gasp. "It's not too late. We know what he's going to do. We'll return to the cave and fight." " ?" Kernel says sarcastically. "Yes! I'll fight to save Dervish and Bill-E. I don't care what those monsters throw at us. When it's family, it's different." "You really think you can choose not to be a coward if and when it suits you?" Kernel jeers. Beranabus interrupts wearily before I can retort. "It doesn't matter..
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family
grubbs-grady
kernel-fleck
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Darren Shan |
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Wi-Fi is a blessing from the gods.
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wi-fi
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Darren Shan |
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Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've decoded some of their secrets regardless. Like worms, we've grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight. But we can never really fly. We try, and succeed to a certain extent, but the fall is always - will always be - there.
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Darren Shan |
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hych chyzy skht tr z yn nyst khh khsy dnbl rwyy bshd w ndnd khh an rwy chy hst.
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Darren Shan |
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Shark snorts. " ? What's that? I heard about it once, in a fairy tale." --
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