{"author":"Embee","author_id":"Embee","total_quotes":27,"quotes":[{"text":"The lie detector didn’t react to anything I said, but I wouldn’t dare smile.","author":"Embee","tags":["lying","spies","truth"],"id":3230,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"I’m fine. I’m at an antique store, by the clothes store just a mile or so from-”\t“Which clothes store, Tess? If you haven’t noticed, there are about a million.","author":"Embee","tags":["lost","paris","travel"],"id":31671,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"The thing is, Ms. Embers, they aren’t exactly on our side.","author":"Embee","tags":["deception","enemies"],"id":41895,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"Aren’t there different electrical outlets here? And what about money? And isn’t it-”\t“Relax, Tess,” Taylor told me. “I have everything covered.","author":"Embee","tags":["travel","worries"],"id":66162,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"One flub, one little mistake, could ruin everything.","author":"Embee","tags":["mistakes"],"id":93152,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"I was going to die.\tI was going to die, right now, right here, before I even had a chance to thoroughly apologize to anyone for what I’d done...Before I had a chance to forgive myself.\tI wasn’t even going to leave with a bang, one final act of dignity or at least the thought that I still belonged somewhere; I would die without even the simple acceptance that I’d done everything I could.\tTears welled in my eyes, but I didn’t let them fall. I didn’t want to die crying.","author":"Embee","tags":["death","forgiveness","helplessness"],"id":94845,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"Honestly, I’m sorry you have no more power over me, but I’m not scared of you anymore. It’s just not worth my time.","author":"Embee","tags":["bravery"],"id":120425,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"For once in my life, I wished Mr. Bradshaw had slipped a tracker into my shoe or my coat pocket. I wished that he was still keeping tabs on me, even when I told him that I didn’t need him to, or that I could take care of myself.\tBecause the truth was that I knew I’d always need help along the way. I needed help now, and at some point in my life I’d need help again.","author":"Embee","tags":["help","loneliness"],"id":127355,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"The Didots created happiness and power, or in this case, pain and sadness...But only within its subject’s mind.\tThe power it held was real, but it was not a physical power. It was the power of persuasion, the power of illusion.\tMr. Bradshaw was a genius.","author":"Embee","tags":["genuis","illusion"],"id":127758,"author_id":"Embee"},{"text":"Are you okay?” someone asked.\t“I’m fine,” I snapped, turning to face Jayden Griffin.\t“I have to admit, you’re getting better at lying, Tess Embers,” he said quietly. “However, I know you’re not okay.","author":"Embee","tags":["lying","not-okay","romance"],"id":131803,"author_id":"Embee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}