It doesn’t matter. You’re arguing about nothing. The time for heroics has passed.

There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It’s important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so...

There’s something different about you,” he says.”I’ve started styling my hair differently,” I laugh.”Oh. I thought it was that you were three feet taller, a hell of a lot broader, look like a werewolf, and...

I know that no matter how lonely I get, I’ll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don’t leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait…in the shades.

What use was money if you didn’t have the time to enjoy it?

Lovely Arra Sails,nectar to all males,how I’d like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!

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,...

I stop reading after half an hour. I’ve had enough. Humanity has hit a brick wall. We’re facing our end, like the dinosaurs millions of years before us. The only difference is we’ve got journalists...

A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!

He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.

Destiny’s what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

I’ve never met a politician who didn’t deserve to be tossed into a pit full of Kallin,” Beranabus grunts.

Run fast!

It’s one thing to go into a fight knowing you’ll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit.

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.

War,” Beranabus murmurs, face crinkling. “Most humans know nothing of true warfare. They wage their silly territorial battles, kill each other ruthlessly and freely, and consider themselves experts on war and suffering. But the real...

The world won’t end with a bang or a whimper. It’ll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl.

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.

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...

If mankind’s destined to bite the bullet, let’s bite it and be damned.

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the heroes can make as many mistakes as they like. It doesn’t matter what they do, because everything...

The hands of fate keep time on a heart-shaped clock.

The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

An outsider. Different. A freak. We’re both weird, which is why we get along.

I hope we meet again,” said Ramman.”I do too,” Tel Hesani said, then added underneath his breath, “Although I fear it won’t be in this world.

The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew – even the gods themselves – would condemn him for it, Jebel didn’t think of...

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

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.

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,...

It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.

Leave him alone!” Debbie shouted.”Shut up, please, or I’ll kill you,” Mr Tiny replied.

The demons were scary, but girls – Well, girls are really terrifying

But I don’t think Art’s an Einstein – he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.

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...

We cannot help where we are born or how we are raised,” Tel Hesani said. “But we can reject the twisted beliefs of those around us if we need to. Our loved ones and elders...