4 Quotes & Sayings By Azra T

Azra T. is a novelist from Pakistan. She has been writing since she was a kid. She started with short stories and poems and later on she started writing novels Read more

Her first novel, THE TEMPORAL GRACE was published in 2014. In her books, Azra tries to show the ordinary people of Pakistan in a new light. She has been married to a very understanding man for almost 10 years now.

Her family supports her decision to become a writer and they have a very supportive husband and son, who is also a writer.

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I will teach my daughter not to wear her skin like a drunken apology. I will tell her ‘make a home out of your body, live in yourself, do not let people turn you into a regret, do not justify yourself. If you are a disaster it is not forever, if you are a disaster you are the most beautiful one I’ve ever seen. Do not deconstruct from the inside out, you belong here, you belong here, not because you are lovely, but because you are more than that.– Azra T. “Your hands are threads, your body is a canvas . Azra T.
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I’m always soft for you, that’s the problem. You could come knocking on my door five years from now and I would open my arms wider and say ‘come here, it’s been too long, it felt like home with you. Azra T.
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You are not an apology, do not treat yourself like one; your lips are perfect for kissing, your hips do not spell 'sorry'. Azra T.