{"author":"Danika Stone","author_id":"Danika+Stone","total_quotes":39,"quotes":[{"text":"Lou could imagine Rich hiding within. She closed her eyes, letting her mind wander, search, and finally focus on him. Hurry up, Rich, she thought. Feeling the tug of connection, a thrill of anticipation ran up her spine. Lou didn't let herself nudge events often, but she did it today.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["life","magic","philosophy"],"id":2561,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"She was determined to keep her promise of 'no fandom' to her mother. Trouble was, fandom was more than a hobby, it was a support system. Without it, Liv had no one to talk to when she was lonely. She had nothing to look forward to after school, and no outlet for creativity. Liv found herself spiraling back into melancholy. She got up. She went to classes.She came home... And then did it all over again. Sleep became the escape that fandom had once been.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["depression","emotions","fandom","life-lessons"],"id":5590,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"He couldn't be more than forty-five, but Murray Miles was stooped, old before his time. The mountains of Alberta had the ability to bend those who lived here.That, or it broke them.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["aging","life","mountains","waterton"],"id":18265,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"She scanned the Starveil posts, her mood darkening. Spartan had been a part of her life since elementary school. Losing him felt like having a piece of herself torn away. No amount of fix-it fics or alternate universes could change the fact her one true character had died.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["grief","grieving","liv","one-true-character","otc"],"id":27569,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"In his stupor, the forest had begun to change. The sounds were confusing, his eyes blurring in his exhaustion. He tugged another branch out of the way, gasping as a jagged twig poked through the palm of his hand, momentarily catching there. The pain was almost an afterthought, his fingers no longer working effectively.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["danger","fear","mountains","nature","pain"],"id":38169,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"Yeah... Everything is images for me. Bits and pieces coming together in pictures.” He grinned. “I see good fortune as dragons, and...” he turned the cup, pointing at a rippling shape along the edge, “and that thing there is definitely a dragon. Whoever this person is – this tall guy you talk to – it’s a good thing for you. Some kind of resolution, and a change for the future...","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["dragons","fortune-teller","tea-cup-reading"],"id":40821,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"There were streetlights here, but they were so far apart and surrounded by trees that light dropped away to solid black between them. The skin on the back of his neck crawled as he became aware of the darkness. He didn't usually walk around after nightfall, but tonight he'd had no choice without his car. The wind lifted his hair, leaving him shivering; a voice in his mind chattered nervously.There was someone in my yard the other night...","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["darkness","fear","terror","wind"],"id":43666,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"Dating' stressful. I'd have to dress up.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["all-the-feels","dating","dressing-up","liv","relationships","stress"],"id":61530,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"Hormones, it seemed, we're making a much-delayed appearance in her life.Liv was horrified.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["all-the-feels","dating","funny","hormones","humor","liv","love","teen-life"],"id":77679,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"},{"text":"I think sometimes in artwork or writing or music, you discover something that just needs to be created. It’s not even something that you want to create... You’re just pulled into it like an instrument. Like you’re part of a bigger plan.","author":"Danika Stone","tags":["art","artwork","creativity","divine","flow","music"],"id":104454,"author_id":"Danika+Stone"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":39,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}