{"author":"Doug Cooper","author_id":"Doug+Cooper","total_quotes":27,"quotes":[{"text":"Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next day about his feet being sore.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["addiction","dance","dancer-fever","identity","outside-in","put-in-bay","sore"],"id":9835,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["boredom","identity","monotony","outside-in"],"id":46394,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"There's nothing like an orgasm to make a person think--and more often than not, to think too much.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["identity","orgasms","outside-in","thinking-too-much"],"id":64540,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"Cause and effect are rarely directly related. Justice has a mind of her own.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["cause-and-effect","justice","mind"],"id":74483,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["acceptance","belonging","brotherhood","coincidence","companionship","drive","identity","lost","meaning","outside-in","soul"],"id":85732,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a complete stranger.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["duality","going-through-the-motions","identity","outside-in","stranger","withdrawn"],"id":107457,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"Yet hopefully things are different now, and I'm moving on to something better rather than attempting to suck more out of the same stale situation.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["change","change-your-life","hope","stale"],"id":111590,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"I have nowhere to go and no place I’m supposed to be. Am I lost or completely free?","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["free","lost","nowhere-to-hide","nowhere-to-run"],"id":119023,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["buzz","identity","outside-in","trapped","wake-up"],"id":127222,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"},{"text":"Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.","author":"Doug Cooper","tags":["cash","identity","islands","outside-in","stranded"],"id":145408,"author_id":"Doug+Cooper"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}