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Wisdom Quotes

What characters work out the hard way. These are not proverbs handed down; they are conclusions somebody reached in the middle of a story, usually after getting it wrong first.

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“Stuart went straight to his bedroom and slammed the door, which seemed to be a wise thing to do as it was quite essential for him to spent some time alone and digest the scenario he’d just witnessed.”
— Saad Ahmed, My Erratic Subconcious
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“Ana and company reached a small cabin with a few middle-aged men seated on old chairs working with some tech, which she had never bothered to learn about.”
— Hafiza Noor Ul Ain Imtiaz, My Five Minutes of Fame - Moral Story Book
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“The foggy dream reminded that the man was none other than the Vizier who lost his life in the dark of the previous night.”
— Masooma Memon, The Alliance of Al-Vertia - Sci-Fi Short Story Book
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““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, Talismalore's General Store
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“Oz looked at the keep and felt the pressure leave, watching the crow flying away, he thought, he will never be far behind, will he?”
— Justin Morton, Snowfall - Magic Mystery Book
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“To make him better understand that this is how life is for some people, how life is not fair and how one cannot easily have what they wish for.”
— Mussawir Abrar, Benedicti and the Magia Regna - Fantasy Magic Book
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“The experience takes the person to real-world locations or to places that can only be imagined, and is as real as live interaction in the physical world.”
— Farrukh Aqil, The Astral Realm - Sci fi Fantasy Book
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“This story is dedicated to every girl out there, who had faced the harsh experiences of life and fought against the odd forces vigilantly.”
— Zena Vatsa, Her Great Escapade
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“My mother is laughing and shaking her head as Sam whispers something in her ear and my heart skips a beat at the picture that flashes through my mind.”
— Arham Bhaiji, Holding Her Hand
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“On my way back I thought about how causally Sameer was talking to his mother, how his mother was talking to me, with so much affection, with so much love.”
— Hassan Mir, Unbroken Bonds
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“For few split seconds, she couldn't believe her sight, she thought it to be negligible passing dream like every single other time.”
— Aaima Abid, An Eastern Fairytale
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“My mind wanted to tell everything, but as I was panting with fear at that moment, a chill tingled up my spine, gripped by shame and pain, I did not say anything.”
— Neeraj Brahmankar, An Abandoned leaf
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“How she never dreamed any, never fantasize anyone, and never pursue anything when her mind was staged for up and above the gravitational blue firmament – the vast blue sky.”
— Sonia Mukhtar, Fall of Autumn
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“No two beings in this world are the same; we should understand the need to provide shoes that fit each runner equally well.”
— Tanzeela k. Hassan, The Variant - Fantasy Adventure Book
Wisdom Life
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“Although Katherine herself had been through times of misery and intense pain, she had never let her experience impact her negatively.”
— Farrukh Aqil, The Astral Realm - Sci fi Fantasy Book
Wisdom Grief & Loss
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“Shema Bukhari – an author and a writer is always striving to learn new things.”
— Shema Bukhari, Earthlings - The Weaklings
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“Maybe one of the headlights is faulty, I thought, but as the light drew nearer and nearer I realized it was not a car, it was a bike.”
— Hassan Mir, Unbroken Bonds
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“Yet, after seeing Sarah, love at first sight overruled the difficulty that his mind presented and knew at that moment, he wanted her to be his.”
— Wajiha Shahid, Hopes and Dreams
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“The general used to repeat that ad nauseam until some wise man casually mentioned that it is part of being a military man’s life.”
— Shahid Khalid, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
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“Rakhshi never called me bhayya, save the times when Amma forced her to and that was years ago when she was learning to speak.”
— Sarah Khan, Life's Peculiarities
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