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“It is not failure to fail.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Sometimes light illuminates things that are better left in the dark.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“You will never be a hero. You were never meant to be a hero."
Hero. that one word made Aru lift her chin. It made her think of Mini and Boo, her mom, and all the incredible things she herself had done in just nine days. Breaking the lamp hadn't been heroic... but everything else? Fighting for people she cared about and doing everything it took to fix her mistake? That was heroism.
Vajra became a spear in her hand.
"I already am. And it's heroine.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Love looked different to everyone.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“Aru used to think that friends were there to share your food and keep your secrets and laugh at your jokes while you walked from one classroom to the next. Sometimes, though, the best kind of friend is the one who doesn't say anything but just sits beside you. It's enough.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“More than anything she wanted the world to be uncomplicated, for right and wrong to be as easily divided as the black and white sections of an Oreo. But the world was not a cookie.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

“Are you strutting, Wifey?" asked Mini.
Aiden suddenly slowed. Brynne looked him over and snorted.
"Yup, he's definitely strutting."
"Am not," said Aiden.
"Yeah you are!" , said Aru, laughing.
"Am not"
"R-2-"
"D-2-," said Aiden before giving up and shaking his head. "Why are you guys like this?"

"Boredom," said Mini.
"Belligerence," said Brynne.
"Brilliance," said Aru.
The three of them grinned at each other.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

“A Pandava must be so precise and so skilled that they can separate a shadow from its host! They can grab the wind! They are as swift as - '
'A river!,' shouted Aru.
Mini hollered, ' With the force of a great typhoon!'
'With all the strength of a raging fiiiiire - ' sang Brynne.
'STOP SINGING MULAN!' shouted Boo.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“Real life doesn't always sound like it should.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“When all other kinds of payment fail, never forget that a drop of kindness has far more weight more than gold.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

“Aru glared. 'Well, you swim in your own toilet!'
The fish did not have an eyebrow to raise villainously. But its tone managed the effect well enough, 'And you'll never know when I use the ocean as a toilet. Enjoy the mystery.'
It flapped its tail and swam off.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“I hereby declare you an official…Potato.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

“Hey"--I shrugged--"If Aru Shah can have adventures in her pajamas, why can't I?”
― Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe

“Aru didn't want to see all those gray spaces between good and bad - she just wanted things to be easy.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“Rein in the optimism Shah, It's too much.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

“I don’t want it to be fine. Fine comes from the Latin finis, which means end. This feels a lot more like a beginning.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

“Aiden really looked at her then. His eyes were wide and dark, but not pure black. There were flashes of blue iridescence in them, like in Urvashi's eyes. Maybe it was an apsara trait. It made sense to Aru. Apsaras spent so much time dancing in the night skies that maybe their eyes eventually mirrored them.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“How would you describe yourself?" asked Tumburu.
Aru consider this. And then, in a very measured voice, she said, "Kind."
Brynne snorted. "You mean sneaky."
"Uh, imaginative," said Mini, a touch defensively. "Very imaginative."
No one asked you to elaborate! Aru said through the mind link, but her sisters only laughed.
"Kinda weird," said Rudy.
Aiden glanced at her. The corner of his mouth tipped up. "Chaotic.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“Pandavas, will you see my truth?'
See well. Those words, uttered by Varuni, Sage Durvasa, Ratri, and Agni, echoed back to her. Aru's jaw clenched, but she nodded. She owed it to all of them, and, a small part of her said, she owed it to herself.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“Are you saying the Sleeper left behind Horcruxes?" Aru demanded.
"Yeah, I didn't sign up for a Horcrux hunt," said Rudy, looking for the exit.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

“'Please, Shah?'
Aru opened her eyes. the swarm of black leaves and dirt was barely six inches from her face. She shuddered, jumping back and colliding with something warm and solid. She caught her breath... Aiden.
His hand moved to her waist, drawing her against him. 'I've got you, Shah,' he said. When he spoke, his voice ruffled the wisps of hair that had escaped from her braid. 'Don't go.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“There's no way I'm coming out there to watch you guys make eyes at each other for five minutes straight!' shouted Brynne from the kitchen.
'We don't do that!' said Aru.
You do, said Mini through their mind link.
Aiden pretended to be very preoccupied with Shadowfax.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“S. saw that you might need this.
The helmets should block Aiden's hypnotic apsara stuff
so no one does anything embarrassing... again >:)
-N & S
P.S. The tambourine? hahaha

"Amazing," said Aru, crossing her arms. "Little sisters can troll you at any distance.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“Everything was so...massive.
It made sense - these were the treasures of gods. Seeing Agni change in size had reminded her that whenever gods fit in her field of vision, they were just humoring her.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“The last four beds inched closer, and Aru felt a terrible drowsiness wash over her. She swayed on the spot until she felt a warm hand close around her wrist, and she looked up to see Aiden staring at her. The starry flecks in his eyes held her steady.
'Don't you dare, Shah,' he said. 'Stay with me.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“Aru teetered backward, her arms pinwheeling as she scrambled for secure footing. Someone caught hold of her wrist.
'I've got you, Shah,' said Aiden fiercely.
It was the last thing she heard before something thudded against her head and the whole world went dark.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“First things first," said Aru, lifting her hand. "I cannot speak to you in iambic pentameter. I'm in high school. And I'm in Otherworld training. So, I've got, like, three brain cells left, and it would take at least four for me to come up with rhymes.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“In her head, Aru had envisioned this epic leap where she soared through the air on the shield and pinned someone with her lightning bolt. In reality, she just slid forward and crashed into the back wall with a loud thud. Mini dropped her shield and Brynne ran to her.
"What the heck was that?" demanded Boo.
Aru groaned. "I don't know....It worked in Wonder Woman."
"Are you Wonder Woman?"
"I...am facedown in a pile of shame.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“I'm not giving up," said Aru, closing her eyes. "I'm letting go.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

“On a scale of one to Galadriel, how awesome does my hair look?”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes