Aru Quotes

It was one of the things that she liked best when her mother told her the stories: villains could be heroic, and heroes could do evil. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Why should I say thank you?" asked Mini. "I knew you could do it. ~ Roshani Chokshi

It is not failure to fail. ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

Memories are the grandest illusion of all. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Aru was twelve years old. Even she knew that half the time she didn't know what she was doing. ~ Roshani Chokshi

It wouldn't be a unicorn without a horn. That's what the word means! Uni, for one. And then corn for, you know, horn. One-horned."
"Yeah, but they're supposed to be all peaceful and nice. Why would a unicorn need a horn? What's it do with it?"
Mini turned red. "I dunno. For shooting off magic and stuff."
"Or they use it to maul things."
"Thats horrible, Aru" They're unicorns. They're perfect. ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

Are you ready, daughter of Indra?' it asked.
'Nope,' said Aru. She took a deep breath. 'But let's go anyway. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Love looked different to everyone. ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

Between a demon that could end the world and a seventh-grade girl, Aru (and probably most people) would choose the demon any day. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Blood isn't the only thing that makes you related to someone ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

Real life doesn't always sound like it should. ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

Secrets are curious things. They are flimsy and easily broken. For this reason, they prefer to remain hidden. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Sam whacked Jacob over the ear. 'You know,' he said, his voice low, 'those pancakes'll go straight to your hips.'

Jacob glowered at him. 'You know,' he mimicked, 'there's a reason nothing rhymes with orange.'

'There is a reason,' returned Sam. 'It's because orange comes from the Arabic word naranj, which in turn is thought to derive from the Tamil words aru, which means six, and anju, which means five. Because when you cut an orange in half, it has six segments in one half and five in the other. So nothing rhymes with it because we don't have many other words appropriated from Tamil. ~ Lili Wilkinson

Aru didn't want to see all those gray spaces between good and bad - she just wanted things to be easy. ~ Roshani Chokshi

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

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

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

Believe that our destinies aren't chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight ~ Roshani Chokshi

Let us end this farce, observer! Give me your final, most beloved act of "will"... The one you most wish to believe was your own idea!
"My own... will... I... I believe that this love for Yukiteru-kun... is real! ~ Sakae Esuno

You are the Daughter of Death," hissed Aru. "You don't walk into a telephone pole because of a boy. ~ Roshani Chokshi