{"author":"Dennis Sharpe","author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"See, I can talk to the pretty man like a real grown up if I try hard enough.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["best","veronica"],"id":67953,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"If misery were water, he thinks as he climbs into his car and turns the key, I could just drown or let it wash me away entirely.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["drowning","loss","misery","sadness-love","suffering"],"id":77113,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"You have two choices, sweetheart. Answer my questions, or get a monster new facial piercing.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["badass","fight","interrogation","struggle","threat"],"id":123873,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"You know where I’m going to be, and you’ll know where I’ve been every step of my way to get there. You’ve made a hobby out of taking things away from me… a lot of them I never even knew to miss, but I know now. I know what you just took, and there’s no way you’re taking anything else from me. It’s time for me to start taking from you,” Wednesday said with a confidence in her voice that even she noticed and was proud to hear.“I thought you said you weren’t running from me anymore,” Klein said with a laugh in his voice.Her face was red, and she felt like she was on fire. She managed, summoning all her will, to keep herself from screaming and instead, keep an even and icy voice. “I’m not, you piece of shit. Now, I’m running at you.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["control","strong-female-characters","strong-heroine","strong-women","threat","vengeance"],"id":143159,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"Often, things are left unsaid. Everyone is guilty of thinking and feeling things... Of loving or appreciating others... And of taking for granted that those others will just be there... To continue to share life's journey with...Then when one is gone... So quickly... All those things left unsaid... They matter more, because they were unspoken...Everyone fights their own battles inside themselves... Often no one outside them even knows the wars that rage inside even those who they are closest to...I'd like to take the time, here and now, to tell all of you... Those close to me, and those who aren't... Those who matter so much... And those who have influenced me in even the smallest ways... All of you... That you matter. You are important. You are appreciated. Don't for a moment think otherwise. Don't, for even an instant, think or feel that you are not a wonder... A gift to the world... That makes it a better place to be... Or that it would ever, in any way, be anything less than a tragedy for you to leave before your time.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["coping","for-granted","important","intervention","loss","love","pain","sorrow","tragedy","unspoken","uplifting"],"id":145853,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"In the end, Nora, there’s only time. All we have is time…and even if this wasn’t happening, we still don’t ever have much…no one does. We only have the moment we’re in. We have right now.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["inspirational","life","love","now","time"],"id":192757,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"Guns, double-crosses, hitmen… I can get used to a lot of things, but I’m never going to get used to sleeping where apocalypse bugs mate,” Wednesday said, walking into the room looking around. She dropped her Birkin on the floor and heard something scuttling behind the cheap plastic wood print veneer covered dresser. She turned to face Alvin, her head cocked to the side. “Seriously. I’m not saying five-star… I’m saying go on Expedia and find a place that actually has stars… any stars.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["attitude","comebacks","humor","quotable"],"id":203292,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"I’ve done some soul searching… Looked deep within myself, ya know? I've reached the conclusion that 'Fuck You!' is my spirit animal, and some mother fuckers are going to pay. You can help me or you can walk… but I’m in this. I’m in ‘til the end,” Wednesday said.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["determination","powerful","soul-searching","strong-female-characters","strong-heroine","strong-women"],"id":254148,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["deception","lies","power","truth"],"id":256042,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"},{"text":"To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I know don't compare their fight to that of others. Everything is relative through the lens of personal struggle.Heroes come in all shapes and sizes... Mine are often those who are fighting their fight in public. Unashamed. Proud. An example.Heroes aren't perfect. They have faults and flaws. They stumble from time to time. They are heroes, though, because they correct themselves... And set an example, intended or not, for the world observing them... Even, and especially, to those who would love nothing more than to see them fail.Stay Strong!","author":"Dennis Sharpe","tags":["example","hero","heroes","inspiration","inspirational","stay-strong","strength"],"id":294933,"author_id":"Dennis+Sharpe"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}