Leora Stangler

“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.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“Aru knew because she'd dealt with it every day in school, that flare of not knowing where you belonged. That craving to be seen and go unnoticed at the same time.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time: The Graphic Novel

“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.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“The pollution that accumulates upon my surface has no bearing on my soul.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes