“My eyes! I'm blind!”

“Yes?" she asked, eyeing me guardedly.I struck out a hand and said "Shake."Arra stared at the hand, then into my unfocused eyes. "One good fight doesn't make you a warrior," she said."Shake!" I repeated angrily."And if I don't?" she asked."I'll get back up on the bars and fight you till you do," I growled.Arra studied me at length, then nodded and took my hand. "Power to you, Darren Shan," she said gruffly."Power," I repeated weakly, then fainted into her arms and knew no more till I came to in my hammock the next night.”

“I'm ALIVE!!!!!!!”

“I'm not a human anymore”

“I'm hungry," he whimpered instead. "Food is on its way.""No," he said. "The other kind of hunger."P198”

“I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.”

“But when Tel Hasani wasn't looking, he cast a worried eye over the snake, just incase there were any family resemblances.”