Roshani Chokshi Quotes

“How would you describe yourself?" asked Tumburu.
Aru consider this. And then, in a very measured voice, she said, "Kind."
Brynne snorted. "You mean sneaky."
"Uh, imaginative," said Mini, a touch defensively. "Very imaginative."
No one asked you to elaborate! Aru said through the mind link, but her sisters only laughed.
"Kinda weird," said Rudy.
Aiden glanced at her. The corner of his mouth tipped up. "Chaotic.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“If you are furious, let it be fuel.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“In her head, Aru had envisioned this epic leap where she soared through the air on the shield and pinned someone with her lightning bolt. In reality, she just slid forward and crashed into the back wall with a loud thud. Mini dropped her shield and Brynne ran to her.
"What the heck was that?" demanded Boo.
Aru groaned. "I don't know....It worked in Wonder Woman."
"Are you Wonder Woman?"
"I...am facedown in a pile of shame.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“That was a fate I had looked forward to- to live among parchments and sink into the compressed universes stitched into lines of writing.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Star-Touched Queen

“But this woman did not hold Time. She spent it. She wasted minutes in the sun, threw away seconds on winding sidewalks, offered hours to paintings and ice cream and movement, and let herself be changed.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride