Characters saying the thing everybody in the room already knew. Much of this collection is about the cost of saying it rather than the truth itself.
“Only time would tell when they would come to accept the cold truth of reality, that Hamza, everyone’s dear friend, was indeed truly dead.”

“Life, what a beautiful lie you are, and how you conceal the fact that, behind every beautiful memory you engrave upon our souls, is a hidden stark reality.”

“Adnan never knew he had the potential to work on two clients simultaneously and to have their tasks accomplished within time.”

“The chandelier’s lights went out and there was a silence afterward; a silence that almost hurt Leila’s ears as it became thunderous, impossible to bear.”

“Narendar Modi, is an honest man and therefore way up on the scale of innocence of corruption, because in all his time in public life there has not been a sniff of sleaze.”

“Sex positivity is an attitude that celebrates sexuality as an enhancing part of life that brings happiness, energy, and celebration.”

“First I passed from a chocolate river, I couldn’t believe my eyes but then I remembered that it was just my dream, but… it seemed so real!”

“This immortal voice of Allah hu Akbar depicts the profound reality of life; that everything would fade into oblivion, but one love would never die.”

“All we seek for is new tiny dots in our galaxy; I believe I do not need to clarify myself and my organization anymore.”

“' The actions, words, cognition and behaviors of others – neither our conquests nor our failures fully proclaim the truth of who we are.”

“Rape against men is a taboo topic, and Faris saw why his parents had told him to pretend nothing had happened.”

“Everything about our circumstances is transitory, but what most of the people believe in and seek is a higher power or creator.”

“Sometimes I can't differentiate whether my dream is slipping into reality or is reality slipping into my dream.”

“Can’t believe it, right?I don’t know why she was there, but one thing is for certain, she was there to wake me up!”

“Everything- the bed, the curtains, the chandelier, the artifacts and the carpets- spelled just one thing: ROYALTY.”

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