“This is what we get for thinking that scaley orange skin and fake hair could keep that former demon out of elected office.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“Secrets are curious things. They are flimsy and easily broken. For this reason, they prefer to remain hidden.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“Enjoy each moment and each encounter throughout your life.”
“It is better, perhaps, to be thought of as a fiction than to be discarded from memory completely.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“Memories are the grandest illusion of all.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“The world had a tendency to trick people.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“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.”
Source: 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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“Love looked different to everyone.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes