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Every line below lives inside a real book by a Pakistani author. Read the quote, meet the book — and take the story home.

602 quotes
“All this time, she observed a boy who was busy talking to his friend, but he kept glancing in her direction occasionally.”
— Kinza Javed Choudhry, The Rainbow Journey
Friendship
Cover of The Rainbow Journey
“Fate suggested two paths for me — living this life with courage and seek the best ways for survival, or give up and follow the bustling crowds.”
— Neeraj Brahmankar, An Abandoned leaf
Life Courage
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“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.”
— Bhaskar Paul, Poignance of the soul
Truth Life
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“' The actions, words, cognition and behaviors of others – neither our conquests nor our failures fully proclaim the truth of who we are.”
— Sonia Mukhtar, Fall of Autumn
Truth
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“Rape against men is a taboo topic, and Faris saw why his parents had told him to pretend nothing had happened.”
— Hira Yousaf, Our Boys
Truth Society
Cover of Our Boys
“For one, I loathe myself for always being unprepared, acting like the situation has arisen for the first time when it’s just for the umpteenth time.”
— Masooma Memon, Blues
Motivation
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“The sun rays were spread on her face turning it bright, but Sameer saw darkness in her eyes which penetrated deep into her soul.”
— Abad Official, The Timeworn Silence
Faith & Spirituality
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“A heart, bruised and battered, bleeding all over her soul staining it perhaps permanently; was it a lost cause?”
— Sadaf Shahzad, Broken Strings
Love Faith & Spirituality
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“The Khawaja Siras, in due time, offered him the shelter he longed for after the death of his father.”
— Saif Khattak, A Fool's Paradise
Grief & Loss
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“As the sun disappeared below the horizon and the birds chirped whilst making their way home, she smiled at me, one last time and this time, I returned the smile.”
— aaina batool, A War Within
Humour Happiness
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“My life had been a musical but now it felt as if there was a narrator that read my life out loud and changed its course at its whims.”
— Amna Sikandar Malik, An Autobiography of a Semicolon
Life Poetry
Cover of An Autobiography of a Semicolon
“However, now he is stepping into the digital media industry, he has to change his rules and make new ones – or better yet, go with the flow – a concept he never followed, but now he has to.”
— Omar Iftikhar, The Diligent Game
Motivation
Cover of The Diligent Game
“My brain will always see beyond the average, I walk the world with her perspective of the world and the sky and call of the mountains, but do you have a choice when it comes to love?”
— , Reasons To Date A Writer
Life Love
Cover of Reasons To Date A Writer
“Everything about our circumstances is transitory, but what most of the people believe in and seek is a higher power or creator.”
— Rumaisa Ahmed, Queering Care - Queer Mental Health Book
Society Truth
Cover of Queering Care - Queer Mental Health Book
“” he smiled, “Are you going against her over the man she snatched from you or for the sake of the subjects that suffer under her reign?”
— richard shekari, Aaricia and the Noland Army
Humour
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“John giggled and let the smile linger a bit on his face as he struggled not to lose his cool amidst the entertaining men.”
— richard shekari, John Death
Humour
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“” Candy emphasised, turning and facing the entrance to the cafe, she raised the phone again, this time at a ninety degrees angle, “Okay baby, smile!”
— richard shekari, Perils of Candy Cuthway
Humour
Cover of Perils of Candy Cuthway
“‘Yeah, yeah, I remember,’ Zain nodded, laughing forcefully, ‘that was weird.”
— Zoya S. A. Ansari, Whitestar - Superhero Fiction Book
Humour
Cover of Whitestar - Superhero Fiction Book
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
— Maha Tariq, Flawless - Book on Imperfection
Poetry
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“The man, who once was friendly, helpful, full of joy and laughter, turned out to be a dull, blue, irresponsible and negligent who was always annoyed with his wife.”
— Maaz Khawaja, Revamp and WIn
Humour
Cover of Revamp and WIn
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