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“Aru lifted her chin. “I lit the lamp.”
The bird stared. And then stared some more.
“Well, then, we might as well let the world end.”
― Aru Shah and the End of Time
The bird stared. And then stared some more.
“Well, then, we might as well let the world end.”
― Aru Shah and the End of Time
“We are more than the things we fight with.”
― Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
― Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
“We choose how to look at our lives. We choose what we can live with, and what we cannot, and only you can decide.”
― Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
― Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
“Now, how do you think this door
works ... ?”
Brynne took one look at it and kicked it open.
“Wait ... that’s it?” said Aru. “I thought there’d be more to it! Like in Lord
of the Rings, where there’s a riddle door with the message ‘speak friend and enter.’
Except I can’t remember what friend is in Elvish.”
Brynne rolled her eyes, but her smile was warm. She stepped through first.
Aiden held open the door for Aru. As she walked past him, he said, “It’s
mellon, by the way.”
“Nerd.”
― Aru Shah and the Song of Death
works ... ?”
Brynne took one look at it and kicked it open.
“Wait ... that’s it?” said Aru. “I thought there’d be more to it! Like in Lord
of the Rings, where there’s a riddle door with the message ‘speak friend and enter.’
Except I can’t remember what friend is in Elvish.”
Brynne rolled her eyes, but her smile was warm. She stepped through first.
Aiden held open the door for Aru. As she walked past him, he said, “It’s
mellon, by the way.”
“Nerd.”
― Aru Shah and the Song of Death
“Hi,” he said.
Aru opened her mouth. Closed it. Come on, Aru. You walked through the Kingdom of Death. You can talk to a—
He smiled. “Don’t I know you?”
“I…” She choked.
Why did her voice suddenly seem so deep, out of nowhere? She sounded like the weatherman. She made a fist and hit her throat. Which only made her cough. Say something! But the only thing her brain could come up with was: How you doin’? No! thought Aru. Definitely do not say that. This was what she got for marathoning Friends. Aru smiled. And then she opened her mouth. “I know where you live!”
Aiden stared at her. She stared at him.
“You what?”
“I…um…demons. Good-bye.”
She had never run home so fast in her life.”
― Aru Shah and the End of Time
Aru opened her mouth. Closed it. Come on, Aru. You walked through the Kingdom of Death. You can talk to a—
He smiled. “Don’t I know you?”
“I…” She choked.
Why did her voice suddenly seem so deep, out of nowhere? She sounded like the weatherman. She made a fist and hit her throat. Which only made her cough. Say something! But the only thing her brain could come up with was: How you doin’? No! thought Aru. Definitely do not say that. This was what she got for marathoning Friends. Aru smiled. And then she opened her mouth. “I know where you live!”
Aiden stared at her. She stared at him.
“You what?”
“I…um…demons. Good-bye.”
She had never run home so fast in her life.”
― Aru Shah and the End of Time
Leora’s 2025 Year in Books
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