“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
— Oscar Wilde.
- It’s been two years since he’s making his audience laugh. If only they saw the sadness in his eyes rather than the shine on his teeth.
- “I did not even touch the sweets”, he confessed truthfully. I retired as a lawyer ten years ago but I still practice telling lies.
- “I am a chartered accountant by profession. Life is either a debit or a credit transaction for me.”
- “I love you”, he confessed. “I love you, too”, she smiled. “Could use some of that love y’all talk about so much”, the introvert mumbled.
- “It’s no big deal”, she said hugging her diary. “Let me see”, he insisted. Little did they know that that draft would become a masterpiece.
- “My grandmother is suffering from dementia. She is held back in time where her past is prettier than her future.”
- “I miss him”, the note read. “Boyfriend?” “No, best friend”, she smiled.
- “Doing something new has always frightened me. The more I am frightened, the more I miss it when it’s over.”
- “When I open the test papers, I hope for positive results”, said the teacher. “Same here”, the doctor laughed.
- “I had not only sold my ancestral home today, but I also gave away their souls.”
- “My doctor husband is a health freak. He does not want a taste of his own medicine.”
- A psychiatrist is better than a mathematician, he can give multiple solutions for the same problem.
- Time is moody. Runs fast for people who are happy and runs slow for people who are sad.
- “Work hard! Don’t you want to rise up in life?”, the mother asked. “No, I have acrophobia”, replied Rahul.
- “I got my first raise today and even before I could make plans to use it, my wife spent it all.”
- On winning the Oscar, Mike said, “I was always good at spinning tales starting from excuses to bunk school.”
- Working mother retired after many years of service. Now she is at home but she misses her family.
- “I think I’m in love.” “But you said that an hour ago for another girl”, the best friend replied.
- From the simplest of pains to the greatest sorrows, the one word that heals all hearts is SORRY.
- 6 alarms. 5 hours. 0 motivations. He slept like a baby. Waking up on time was never easy.
Fatema’s Den 