{"author":"Caroline George","author_id":"Caroline+George","total_quotes":38,"quotes":[{"text":"Yes,” I whisper so the others won’t hear, “but being afraid is good because it means I still have more to lose.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["fear","loss","strength","survival","the-end-of-the-world","young-adult-fiction"],"id":3019,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"The truth is crazier than lies because lies are required to stick to possibilities—the truth isn’t.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["courage","crazy","facts","literature","quotes","reflection","science-fiction","truth","young-adult"],"id":7561,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"To cherish my purity and set boundaries are, in my opinion, the highest forms of feminism—a woman who saves her body proves she is strong and secure enough to resist the men who seek to claim her, that she’s more than what lies between her legs.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["body","body-image","boundaries","claim","feminism","feminist","identity","purity","quotes","security","self-esteem","strength"],"id":26991,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"The world doesn’t change because the sun sets and rises. We can either adapt to survive our circumstance or we can change it. And I know we can’t control fate, but I’m sure not going to spend whatever time I have left sitting around and waiting for my life to get better.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["adapt","control","encouragement","endurance","fate","honesty","life","strength","survival","the-end-of-the-world"],"id":44617,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"Our surroundings fade and we exist in unison, two people who once shared cups of coffee, unprecedentedly ourselves in a changing world.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["change","coffee","couple","fall-in-love","kiss","love","relationship","romance","the-end-of-the-world"],"id":57525,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"After the end of the world, there is a world. Life doesn’t stop. It changes. And it changes me.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["apocalypse","books","caroline-george","quote","science-fiction","the-end-of-the-world","young-adult"],"id":95248,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"Are you real?” Stupid. Of course he’s real.“Yes, Julie. I’m not the mystical man from your dreams.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["awkward","couple","embarrassment","funny","humor","love","relationships","stupid"],"id":108713,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"Making-out is one thing that won’t change even if civilization fizzles and humanity is reduced to two people. So each time Jack and I kiss, it’s as if we’re flipping off the jerks who destroyed our planet, as if we’re screaming at the top of our lungs… We know your secret.And we won’t be made invisible.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["defiance","invisible","kiss","lies","love","make-out","making-out","rebel","rebellion","romance","secret","survival","the-end-of-the-world","truth"],"id":131371,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"Men tend to treat women as fragile creatures, but our bodies were built to withstand pain and hard work, think with profound insight. We were created to do what men can’t. And if that isn’t reason enough for us to be treated equal, I’m not sure what is.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["empowerment-of-women","equal","equality","feminism","feminist","fragile","hard-work","men","pain","strength","women","women-s-rights"],"id":132980,"author_id":"Caroline+George"},{"text":"Coffee first. Save the world later.","author":"Caroline George","tags":["apocalypse","coffee","coffee-humor","humor","save-the-world","survival","the-end-of-the-world"],"id":140657,"author_id":"Caroline+George"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":38,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}