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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
“Being a citizen of a third-world country, she finds it her duty to let the world know about the positivity and beauty her native country possesses.”
— Tanzeela k. Hassan, The Variant - Fantasy Adventure Book
Motivation Society
Cover of The Variant - Fantasy Adventure Book
“~ The happiness which I get when I buy someone's sorrow is the happiness which even heavens can't afford.”
— Fiza Batool, Why My Heart Throbs
Happiness Faith & Spirituality
Cover of Why My Heart Throbs
“Up to this amount of stress, Hooke’s Law is being applied because stress is proportional to strain.”
— Tayyab Khalil, Mechanical Engineering: Interview Guidelines for Fresh Engineers
Truth Society
Cover of Mechanical Engineering: Interview Guidelines for Fresh Engineers
“Dismissing all his thoughts from her mind, she walked to the gate to see her father waiting for her.”
— Wajiha Shahid, Hopes and Dreams
Wisdom Hope
Cover of Hopes and Dreams
“7: VIRUS lady: This type of lady is normally called ‘WIFE’, once enters your system, and never leaves even if the system is formatted.”
— Shahid Khalid, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
Heartbreak
Cover of LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
“If only he believed in angels he would realize that she was the one, the butterfly he had caught in his net as a naughty child.”
— Laiba Sehrish Nawaz, Abduction from the Lethe
Hope Truth
Cover of Abduction from the Lethe
“Adnan Beig, realized that after such a reprimand from the president, it was really the necessity of time to make several statements filled with hope.”
— Salman Tahir, Imperfection - Man beyond man's imagination
Hope Society
Cover of Imperfection - Man beyond man's imagination
“Fluffy Bunn was so happy to see her little sister that she promised that she will rescue her.”
— Shiza Nizam, The Rescue
Happiness
Cover of The Rescue
“For redemption, he wished to see his mother smile at him in his dreams, but never did she.”
— Ahsan Raza, The Crown has Fallen
Hope Humour
Cover of The Crown has Fallen
“Eyes speak a painful language; perhaps, the language is painful because it is the truth.”
— Mahnoor Ali Syed, Sweet Sleep
Grief & Loss Truth
Cover of Sweet Sleep
“Leila sat with them, listening; and then she heard that one verse that changed her life, a sense of serenity washed over her.”
— Muneera Jamal, Bazaar
Poetry
Cover of Bazaar
“Does every girl dream of the tall, dark and handsome guy and then does that mean that the guys who are not handsome have no place in dreams?”
— Suchitra Shetty, The Cascade of Life
Hope
Cover of The Cascade of Life
“Punjab engulfed in a dirt covered parrot green backdrop that completed a universal truth to any that would hope to question this car’s blatant ignorance of the law.”
— Ahmed Moin, The Past That Molded Futures
Hope Truth
Cover of The Past That Molded Futures
“The lack of concrete education and nourishment resulted in a product that sat cross-legged now in front of me, oblivious to my critical gaze all the time.”
— Sarah Khan, Life's Peculiarities
Society
Cover of Life's Peculiarities
“As we continued along our way, I noticed that the road was getting a bit familiar; we were nearing my friend's place.”
— Abhirun Das, Across the Line
Friendship
Cover of Across the Line
“Who never stop dreaming and embrace challenges; life tosses towards them, like an old friend.”
— Zena Vatsa, Her Great Escapade
Life Hope
Cover of Her Great Escapade
“My chest has never before felt this heavy and this light all at the same time.”
— Arham Bhaiji, Holding Her Hand
Hope
Cover of Holding Her Hand
“Not when his cursed ears still turn to the raw happiness in her voice like an insignificant sunflower growing and growing, trying with all his might to unite with his life source, his beloved; the sun.”
— Hafiza Noor Ul Ain Imtiaz, Not Crazy
Success Life
Cover of Not Crazy
“Barely conscious of the world around her, she stumbled to her room – her sanctuary from the physical world.”
— Saman Malik, Letters from Nowhere
Life
Cover of Letters from Nowhere
“Khan, you are sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption, usury, bribery and dishonesty!”
— Hassan Mir, Unbroken Bonds
Life Truth
Cover of Unbroken Bonds
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