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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.

584 quotes
““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
Wisdom
Cover of Talismalore's General Store
“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
Cover of My Five Minutes of Fame - Moral Story Book
“For Alfons and the other inmates, life was never the same again; their once cheerful and happy lives turned worse than sewer rats.”
— Bhaskar Paul, Memoir of a Lost Odyssey
Happiness
Cover of Memoir of a Lost Odyssey
“The light coming through the window is dispersed as though being reflected through a prism dancing in the light of its own.”
— Muhammad Shahroz, Redemption
Success
Cover of Redemption
“One night, I was trying to remember my previous dream but I couldn’t, so I just hoped for another good dream and closed my eyes to go to sleep.”
— Shamayem Batool, My Dreams by Shamayem Batool
Motivation
Cover of My Dreams by Shamayem Batool
“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
Faith & Spirituality
Cover of True Justice - Action Fantasy Book
“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
Wisdom Heartbreak
Cover of Snowfall - Magic Mystery Book
“For God’s sake, just fill up our PABB and be done with us; that may be the last good thing you do before you are hanged.”
— Shabir Mir, Modern Times - Magic Fantasy Story Book
Faith & Spirituality
Cover of Modern Times - Magic Fantasy Story Book
“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.”
— Kanwal Shariq, The Storm Unfolds - Fiction Book About Magic and War
Truth
Cover of The Storm Unfolds - Fiction Book About Magic and War
“For what, Pikes cannot confirm, but Pikes says we need Zoe if we are to have any chance of breaking into the Houses of Parliament.”
— Abdullah Asim, Manipulated Cage - Magic Fiction Novel
Society
Cover of Manipulated Cage - Magic Fiction Novel
“Sometimes he felt ashamed of himself because of his academic results and how he could never achieve anything good in his life.”
— Hunnia Yousuf, Beware of the Demons Amongst - Fantasy Mystery Book
Success
Cover of Beware of the Demons Amongst - Fantasy Mystery Book
“Alyona and Renee’s nana always separated the time from the humdrum of her busy life to narrate the stories of success and sacrifices to them.”
— Masooma Memon, The Alliance of Al-Vertia - Sci-Fi Short Story Book
Success
Cover of The Alliance of Al-Vertia - Sci-Fi Short Story Book
“Also, Zauberer prayed for Malvagio’s exile from Ogien; the world where demonic souls live – Malvagio’s home.”
— Omar Iftikhar, Kingdom of Derya: Aitmaad and the Clan of Seven - Magical Fantasy Book
Faith & Spirituality
Cover of Kingdom of Derya: Aitmaad and the Clan of Seven - Magical Fantasy Book
“Light hair like their mother’s, and black eyes from their father; they had been the closest thing to me, since the day they were born.”
— Tooba Arshad, Outbreak - Best Sci-Fi Thriller Book
Hope
Cover of Outbreak - Best Sci-Fi Thriller Book
“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
Wisdom Society
Cover of Benedicti and the Magia Regna - Fantasy Magic Book
“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.”
— Ayesha Rasheed, Hamza, Our Dear Friend
Truth Friendship
Cover of Hamza, Our Dear Friend
“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
“The song whose lyrics I scribble in the last pages of my old notebooks and whose tunes are pasted in the vaults of my memory.”
— Mahnoor Naseer, THE ANCIENT SOULS - English Prose Poetry & Short Stories Book
Poetry
Cover of THE ANCIENT SOULS - English Prose Poetry & Short Stories Book
“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
Wisdom
Cover of The Astral Realm - Sci fi Fantasy Book
“Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through the pain and the work of everyday, the slow walk toward a better life.”
— Ayesha Fatimah, Queen Basila of Magica
Grief & Loss
Cover of Queen Basila of Magica
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اِک پر ِ خیال از منیرہ قریشی - Daastan

”اِک پرخیال“بنیادی طور پر بہت سی تحریروں پر مبنی ہے۔اس میں موجود دلچسپ مضامین قاری کی توجہ کا مرکز بنتے ہیں۔اس کتاب کے ذریعے منیرہ قریشی نے دراصل قاری کو بہت اچھی اچھی نصیحتوں سے نوازا ہے۔ اپنے احساسات وخيالات کو لفظ کے پیرہن میں سموتے ”اک پرخيال!“ مختلف النوع موضوعات کا ایک ایسا آئینہ ہے جو فاضل مصنفہ کے دلی جذبات کا عکاس ہے

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