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“Tucking his cape behind him, Omvir thought of how others considered Bahadur's stutter a weakness, something to be mercilessly mocked, a sign of sins committed in past lives. But Omvir himself had seen it as a source of strength, much like the two thumbs Hrithik Roshan had on his right hand. He believed the actor's rhythm, the deftness with which he could manipulate his legs and torso and hands to the beats of a song--as if he had no spine, no bones--came from the extra appendage that others thought freakish. What was God-given couldn't be a mere imperfection; it was a gift. Omvir wanted to believe there was a reason for everything. Otherwise, what was the point?”

Strength Flaws Reasons Weaknesses

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

“I like to spy on other families that are sad like ours because I want to find out if they are doing anything different to stop ghosts from clutching their bones.”

Death Loss Grief Sadness Mourning Families

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

“Just because you read books doesn't mean you know everything," Faiz tells her. "I work. Life's the best teacher. Everyone says so." "Only people who can't read say such things," Pari says.”

Reading Work Knowledge Learning Books

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

“Ma said Bahadur's ma was unlucky in marriage but was lucky in work, and that everyone had something going right and wrong in their lives--their good or bad children, kind or cruel neighbors, or an ache in the bones that a doctor could cure easily or not at all--and this was how you knew the gods at least tried to be fair.”

Fate Luck Good Fairness Bad

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

“Believe me," the badshah says, "today or tomorrow, every one of us will lose someone close to us, someone we love. The lucky ones are those who can grow old pretending they have some control over their lives, but even they will realize at some point that everything is uncertain, bound to disappear forever. We are just specks of dust in this world, glimmering for a moment in the sunlight, and then disappearing into nothing. You have to learn to make your peace with that.”

Life Death Loss Grief Fate Uncertainty Mourning Control

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

“Bahadur's ma stays close to my ma, but she tiptoes around her as if she's afraid she'll step on Ma's sadness, which must be the same size and shape as Bahadur's ma's sadness, only a lot fresher.”

Book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Source: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line