“The pain of loss, of the vicious rumors, of cycles of waiting for her, of time spent trying to reach her and then came the relentless and menacing questions; Had he been too boring?”

— Farees Ahmed

““I didn’t want this, I feel empty, my parents will never accept me if I go home, they won’t understand, I’ll disappoint them even more, I’m empty,” Azar roared.”

— Farees Ahmed

“There are no horses on the roads, no birds on the trees, no troublesome children causing a ruckus, no sound and no activity; let alone magic.”

— Farees Ahmed

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Farees Ahmed

Slightly wayward and mostly eccentric Farees is a part-time existentialist but most of the time user of philosophical concepts she has no idea about. She enjoys talking about herself in third perso…

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