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#1

“She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

tags: death, villains

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#2

“In the forest of primeval
A school for Good and Evil
Twin towers like two heads
One for the pure
And one for the wicked
Try to escape you'll always fail,
The only way out is
Through a fairytale.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

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#3

“It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real life.”
― Soman Chainani, A World Without Princes

tags: a-world-without-princes, ever, fairy-tales, favorite, never, sge, soman-chainani

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#4

“Of all the tales in all the kingdoms in all the Woods, you had to walk into mine.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

tags: agatha, tedros, the-last-ever-after

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#5

“Agatha: "If you say anything smug or stuck-up or shallow, I'll have Reaper follow you home."
Sophie: "But then I can't talk!”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

tags: agatha, funny, sophie, vanity

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#6

“No one likes boys! Even girls who like boys can’t stand boys!”
― Soman Chainani, A World without Princes

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#7

“And Sophie and Agatha lived happily ever after, for girls don't need princes for love to call... No, they don't need princes in their fairy tales at all”
― Soman Chainani, A World Without Princes

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#8

“Agatha wondered what these girls' souls would wish for. Depth, perhaps.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

tags: shallow-mind

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#9

“Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

tags: journey, merlin

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#10

“Sophie: "For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub."

Agatha: "I thought it was a better ending.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

tags: ya

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#11

“I'm afraid I've already found my Ever After, Hort," said Sophie.

"What? With who?" Hort asked, aghast.

"On my own," she said, her voice sure and clear. "I'm happy on my own."

And for the first time, she knew it was true.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

tags: feminism, happy-ending, self-love, sophie

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#12

“I believe that the world could be different. I believe that our destinies aren't chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: chains, destiny, fate, wings

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#13

“Tales are slippery, her mother had often said. The truth of a story depends on who is telling it.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: aru-shah, mother, pandava, stories, story-telling, tales, truth

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#14

“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

tags: aru-shah, bigger, inside, magic, outside, pandava, people, pockets

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#15

“Death is like a parking lot. You stay there for just a bit and then go somewhere else.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: death

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#16

“You are the Daughter of Death," hissed Aru. "You don't walk into a telephone pole because of a boy.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: crush

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#17

“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.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

tags: aiden-acharya, aru-shah, brynne-rao

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#18

“Duh,” said Aru. “With great power comes great opportunity to annoy.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

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#19

“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, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

tags: aru-shah, black-and-white, cookie, grey-conflict, oreo, right-and-wrong, world

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#20

“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, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

tags: aru-shah, humor, mulan, references

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#21

“Does that mean I get to do magical things, too? Do I get powers? Or a cape?"
"There shall be no capes."
"A hat?"
"No."
"Theme song?"
"Please stop.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

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#22

“We’re trapped in the mountains with no camping supplies—”
Aiden reached into his backpack and pulled out a coin. He flipped it onto the ground, and three tents sprouted up immediately.
Brynne scowled. “Okay, well, definitely no food—”
Aiden dug out five protein bars and tossed them in front of the tents.
Rudy stared at him. “Dude, what is in that bag?”
“Precautionary stuff,” said Aiden simply.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

tags: aiden-acharya, brynee-rao

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#23

“Blood isn't the only thing that makes you related to someone”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: aru, blood, love, pandava, related, roshani

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#24

“When all other kinds of payment fail, never forget that a drop of kindness has far more weight more than gold.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold

tags: aru-shah, gold, kindness

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#25

“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, Aru Shah and the End of Time

tags: unicorns

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#26

“Hey"--I shrugged--"If Aru Shah can have adventures in her pajamas, why can't I?”
― Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe

tags: aru-shah, references-to-other-books, sal-and-gabi

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#27

“Aiden patted his back. “There, there, rich prince. I’m sorry there’s other rich people in the world.” Rudy sniffed. “It’s really hard.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes

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#28

“Sometimes you gotta burn your fingers to enjoy the s’more.”
― Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Star

tags: hattie-oh, the-last-fallen-star

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#29

“Don’t let a curse define who you can and can’t be. Only you have the power to decide that.”
― Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Star

tags: riley-oh, the-last-fallen-star

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#30

“The gifted believe that once you die and go to the Spiritrealm, you have the chance to be reborn into a new life. Some choose to be reborn near their living loved ones; they can even come back as a family member or close friend. They don't necessarily remember anything from their past life, but at times a bond can be so strong that even without the memories the live is still there.”
― Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Star

tags: afterlife, korean-mythology, love, rebirth, reincarnation, spiritrealm

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