{"author":"Becky Albertalli","author_id":"Becky+Albertalli","total_quotes":21,"quotes":[{"text":"It's stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["first-kiss","lgbt","love","simon-spier","teen"],"id":9560,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"I don't know. There's just something kind of mortifying to me about the intensity of those feelings. I remember them so clearly.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["feelings","memories"],"id":69375,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"It's more that I want to leap in and say certain things and do certain things, but I always seem to hold myself back. I think a big part of me is afraid.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["fear"],"id":70233,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"I can’t seem to shake this perpetual awareness of being Molly.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["philosophical","strong-female-characters"],"id":79829,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"From: bluegreen118@gmail.Com To: hourtohour.Notetonote@gmail.ComDate: Jan 7 at 7:23 AMSubject: Re: Really?On the Tumblr-you mean creeksecrets? .....But I really don't think I'm wrong. Jacques a dit. Right?-BlueSo, Yeah, I've been careless. I guess I left a trail of clues. And I shouldn't be surprised that Blue put them together. Maybe I kind of wanted him to.Jacques a dit is 'Simon Says' in French, by the way, And it's obviously not as clever as I thought it was.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["french","humor","identity"],"id":105699,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"And it's almost too perfect. Almost too Disney.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["disney","perfection"],"id":108457,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["freedom","lgbtq-community"],"id":151412,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"But I'm tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change,but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways ..... And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["coming-out","growth"],"id":163990,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"Why would I want to watch other people kissing,' I say, 'when I could be kissing you?","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["kiss","kissing","love"],"id":188191,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"},{"text":"He tells me to pick the music. I’m not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["friendship","love","music"],"id":199877,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}