Fatima Jafri

“And by then I had understood that any ghazal that could not pierce your heart completely and instantly, like an arrow, had no value as a work of art.”
― Rabisankar Bal, Dozakhnama

“OK. The trick is when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is not to overreact. Instead, keep your chin up and pretend nothing happened.”
― Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number

“I wrote about my love, my ishq, on bloodstained paper day after day, Manto bhai, my hand became numb, but still I wrote. I knew my ghazals would provide comfort to many people one day.”
― Rabisankar Bal, Dozakhnama

“We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late.”
― Alexandra Potter, Be Careful What You Wish For