{"author":"Alfa H","author_id":"Alfa+H","total_quotes":102,"quotes":[{"text":"Trying to explain feelings that are foreign to your heart, make communication daunting, even frightful. How does one express sensations that cower in the corners, fearful they will not be accepted by their inspiration?","author":"Alfa H","tags":["emotions","feelings","inspiration","life","poetry","relationships"],"id":18585,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"They will talk about you and it won't always be good. You won't even know them but they will critique you - and judge you - and everything you stand for. Their words will cut through your heart-strings and make you question the hopes and dreams that have gnawed your soul since birth. I warn you, because I believe your unique gift of expression needs to be shared. Resist cowering down and holding back for fear of rejection. Spread those creative wings and create. But, prepare yourself. Because naysayers are not a possibility, they are a guarantee.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["artists","dreams","encouragement","goals","haters","life","poetry"],"id":30139,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"How I wish I only felt using my hands and not with my whole heart.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["emotions","felt","heart","life","love","poetry","relationships","soul"],"id":31520,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"In case you didn't know... You are her. The one he let get away.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["break-up","love","poetry","relationships","the-one-who-got-away"],"id":34302,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"I don't compete against other women. To uplift others means I'm never looking down on them. I applaud their strength, and I remind them that we never know how strong we are until we are tested. And this life will test you... But it's not a competition. I want us all to make it.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["competition","i","inspiration","life","love","women"],"id":38902,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"I have no doubt that Taylor Swift will call one day after suffering writers block: 'Alfa, I was told that you were the person to call.' I gotcha girlfriend.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["poetry","relationships","taylor-swift","writers-block"],"id":43555,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"How do you know they aren't the one? At the first sight of total disregard for your hurt, your gut will feel uneasy. I'm reminding you to listen up.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["love","poetry","red-flags","relationships"],"id":44609,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"I don't expect you to fight over me... But I do expect you to fight for me... For us.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["life","love","poetry","relationships"],"id":47309,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"Every word on every page, represents a love that captured this heart... Fully, and never set it free.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["life","love","poetry","relationships"],"id":60872,"author_id":"Alfa+H"},{"text":"She wasn't chaos. She was more of a slow burn that caught in your heart... And then you had no choice but to engulf her all at once. She was home.","author":"Alfa H","tags":["love","poetry","relationships"],"id":61345,"author_id":"Alfa+H"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":102,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}