"There's no time to lose I heard her say Cash your dreams before They slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams and you Will lose your mind" (pg 314). This is such a great reference to the whole book. It's used in context at the end of the book when Ammu and Velutha are by the river. It makes sense in this scene though it also applies to each character at the lose of Sophie Mol, and the lose of Velutha. However this is a song that suddenly plays in Ammu's head before she goes off to meet up Velutha by the river. They know they can't be with each other, its forbidden by Ammu since she is divorced, however she keeps going back to Velutha. They both know it's wrong, though they both love each other. Forbidden love, it's almost like a fairy tale. However this book is so raw and grippingly powerful that saying it's like a fairy tale would make it seem like a joke. Ammu and Velutha had limitations, this is the free life they wanted with each other, though they couldn't have it. The quote up above, just the fact that it foreshadows this whole event, almost makes it seem ironic.