The Singular Life of Aria Patel Quotes

“Every world I'd ever fallen into, every misstep, every whirling swirl of confusion and panic led to this one single moment in time that I wanted to live in forever. No future, no past, only the spectacular now of two people who know these seconds are all the forever they will ever have.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“It makes me wonder if not documenting every moment to share with the world makes it more real or makes me feel more present.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“Failure is just another step toward success, and now you've eliminated one of the possibilities," Rohan says cheerfully.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“Where are your roots planted / Where did your wings take you?”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“She's a totally different person than me, with different dreams and hopes, and I can't live her life like I'm a thief.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“Because I could stay in this world, live in this world, but my whole life I'd be looking down at that closed box—the one I refused to even try to open—wondering if my mom was alive or dead and never knowing. The uncertainty would kill me,”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“Rule #1: Survive. When I wrote that I wasn't anticipating the possibility of death by Halloween costume.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“He feels like home but not like home home, not a specific place or time but a mood , or a sense of being exactly right. Like when you shelve a book and it fits perfectly into the only empty slot in a vast library.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“It's easy to forget the good things in front of us.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel

“Every decision we make in life is a choice to step in one direction instead of another. So that one future comes at the expense of all the other ones. Opening one door means all the other doors are closed.”
― Samira Ahmed, The Singular Life of Aria Patel