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Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) QUOTES

Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) QUOTES

1 " It is better, perhaps, to be thought of as a fiction than to be discarded from memory completely. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

2 " It is not failure to fail. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

3 " They said I would never remember how strong and powerful I am until someone reminded me," said Hanuman. "Sometimes I wonder if it is a curse that we are all under at some point or another. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

4 " 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 (Pandava Quartet #1)

5 " Real life doesn't always sound like it should. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

6 " A particularly good book had a way of opening new spaces in one's mind. It even invited you to come back later and rummage through what you'd learned. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

7 " People are a lot like magical pockets. They're a lot bigger on the inside than they appear to be on the outside. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

8 " Maybe that's why superheroes wore capes. Maybe they weren't capes at all, but safety blankets, like the one Aru kept at the bottom of her bed and pulled up under her chin before she went to sleep. Maybe superheroes just tied their blankies around their necks so they'd have a little bit of comfort wherever they went. Because honestly? Saving the world was scary. No harm admitting that. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

9 " The world had a tendency to trick people. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

10 " Sometimes you don't even know how special you might be. Sometimes it takes moments of horror or happiness to, if you will, unleash that knowledge. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

11 " Memories are the grandest illusion of all. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

12 " Who are you?" Aru grinned. This was the moment she had been waiting for all her life. In school, the teachers always asked instead: What's you name? Now, finally, she could say her dream response to Who are you? "Your worst nightmare," she said in a deep Batman voice. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

13 " Why should I say thank you?" asked Mini. "I knew you could do it. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

14 " Words had their own power. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

15 " No words in any language can pin down exactly how life and death function. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

16 " A particularly good book has a way of opening new spaces in one's mind. It even invited you to come back later and rummage through what you'd learn. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

17 " This is what we get for thinking that scaley orange skin and fake hair could keep that former demon out of elected office. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

18 " Love looked different to everyone. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

19 " Secrets are curious things. They are flimsy and easily broken. For this reason, they prefer to remain hidden. "

― Roshani Chokshi , Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1)

20 " 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 (Pandava Quartet #1)