“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
“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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Song of Death
“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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
“Real life doesn't always sound like it should.”
Source: Aru Shah and the End of Time
“Hope is a seed we plant, the wings we grow. If we ever want to see olive trees return to Palestine- if we ever want to see our trees and our people return- we must plant this hope. Across Gaza, and across the world.”
Source: Where the Olive Trees Return: by Fatimah A. Bass
“I hereby declare you an official…Potato.”
Source: 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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Song of Death
“Hey"--I shrugged--"If Aru Shah can have adventures in her pajamas, why can't I?”
Source: 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.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Song of Death
“Rein in the optimism Shah, It's too much.”
Source: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes