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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.

567 quotes
“Whether it is your vision for yourself, your family, your professional life or your fear; you should fight till the last ball in this game of life.”
— Hassan Mueez, Fear management
Wisdom Hope Faith & Spirituality Motivation Courage
Cover of Fear management
“The chaos within our heart; we kept Some of it became poems andfor some, we wept.”
— Umang Kumar, Chaos Within
Poetry
Cover of Chaos Within
“When someone so close to heart leaves you in a world, where every hurdle you have to face yourself mere whim is more than enough to shudder a person.”
— Ayesha S. Khan, The Freezing Point
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of The Freezing Point
“Aggressive behavior, mood swings, fighting over petty things for no reason, frustration are all the symptoms that a victim experiences.”
— Syed Ommer Amer, The Forbidden Story
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of The Forbidden Story
“When you left again,I needed a companion;So, I bought myself a pen.”
— Hafsa, Hossana
Friendship
Cover of Hossana
“Strange thing is, divorce in our society was even worse than being beaten to death.”
— Dania Shah, Of Shame and Secrets- Domestic Abuse & Trauma Survivor Story
Truth Grief & Loss
Cover of Of Shame and Secrets- Domestic Abuse & Trauma Survivor Story
“‘Yet the love I found for the heavens lives on, the candle, refusing to melt.”
— Ahmed Hasan, The Blue Book- Emotional Poetry Book About Life
Faith & Spirituality Poetry
Cover of The Blue Book- Emotional Poetry Book About Life
“The candles shall flicker with the approach of the storm as the dark winds will crush the hope and bury the happiness within the infinite depths of darkness.”
— Ashutosh Bansode, The Dark Ruse- Psychological Mystery Book
Motivation Grief & Loss
Cover of The Dark Ruse- Psychological Mystery Book
“Everybody wants to see you struggle through darkness but never acknowledge your efforts to make it through the light.”
— Maham Syedain, Words from the clandestine self
Wisdom Hope Motivation Success Society
Cover of Words from the clandestine self
“Enough belief in yourself to take leaps of faith and to never let go of hope are qualities that create the most wonderful lives anyone can ever live.”
— Hafiza Noor Ul Ain Imtiaz, My Five Minutes of Fame - Moral Story Book
Faith & Spirituality Motivation Courage
Cover of My Five Minutes of Fame - Moral Story Book
“Sometimes I can't differentiate whether my dream is slipping into reality or is reality slipping into my dream.”
— Muhammad Shahroz, Redemption
Life Truth
Cover of Redemption
“Justice is to give every soul its due share of love and forgiveness, no matter how much or how less it may be.”
— Naveed Sheharyar Khan, True Justice - Action Fantasy Book
Wisdom Truth
Cover of True Justice - Action Fantasy Book
“Just as the night and the day can never co-exist, same is the case with faith and fear and the only way to overcome fear is to sink in His love.”
— Iqra Saeed, Light Upon Light- Reflections
Courage Faith & Spirituality
Cover of Light Upon Light- Reflections
“Attraction grows when the person whom you are in love with becomes unattainable.”
— Mahnoor Naseer, THE ANCIENT SOULS - English Prose Poetry & Short Stories Book
Love
Cover of THE ANCIENT SOULS - English Prose Poetry & Short Stories Book
“Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.”
— Ayesha Fatimah, Queen Basila of Magica
Love Wisdom
Cover of Queen Basila of Magica
“Let the pain make its mark so when the heart burst the warmth away, the ruins remain of the legend that shall forever be told.”
— Laiba Sehrish Nawaz, Abduction from the Lethe
Love Grief & Loss
Cover of Abduction from the Lethe
“How joyful the heart becomes when it finds true love, and how sad it is that joy in essence is ephemeral.”
— Mahnoor Ali Syed, Sweet Sleep
Life Love Wisdom
Cover of Sweet Sleep
“The silence comforted her, as without even saying a word, he understood all her pain.”
— Zena Vatsa, Her Great Escapade
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Great Escapade
“The world that we’ve created around is nothing but the reflection of the depth of our souls.”
— Saman Malik, Letters from Nowhere
Life Wisdom Truth
Cover of Letters from Nowhere
“Your soul travelling longer than your physical presence in this life and world, it continues to live after you cease to exist.”
— Aaima Abid, An Eastern Fairytale
Life Wisdom Faith & Spirituality
Cover of An Eastern Fairytale
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Love 26 53
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Friendship 10 48
Heartbreak 34 24
Success 19 36
Society 6 47
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