{"author":"Francesca Lia Block","author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block","total_quotes":58,"quotes":[{"text":"You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["happiness"],"id":10402,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"For frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above groundfor burned mermaids and sick vampire girlsfor wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["fairies","feminism","girls","mermaids","strength","vampires","wild-women","wolves","women"],"id":10490,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["death","distractions","illusions","life","war"],"id":19192,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["fashion","inspirational"],"id":25689,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"I'll be inside the one who holds you. And then I won't be. ","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["inspiration","love"],"id":37107,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"If Los Angeles is a woman reclining billboard model and the San Fernando Valley is her teenybopper sister, then New York is their cousin. Her hair is dyed autumn or aubergine or Egyptian henna, depending on her mood. Her skin is pale as frost and she wears beautiful Jil Sander suits and Prada pumps on which she walks faster than a speeding taxi (when it is caught in rush hour, that is). Her lips are some unlikely shade of copper or violet, courtesy of her local MAC drag queen makeup consultant.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["la","la","los-angeles","new-york","new-york-city","nyc"],"id":41891,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"Think about the word destroy. Do you know what it is? De-story. Destroy. Destory. You see. And restore. That's re-story. Do you know that only two things have been proven to help survivors of the Holocaust? Massage is one. Telling their story is another. Being touched and touching. Telling your story is touching. It sets you free.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["narrative-therapy","storytelling"],"id":45221,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"Weetzie could see him--it was a man, a little man in a turban, with a jewel in his nose, harem pants, and curly-toed slippers. 'Lanky Lizards!' Weetzie exclaimed.'Greetings,' said the man in an odd voice, a rich, dark purr.'Oh, shit!' Weetzie said.'I beg your pardon? Is that your wish?","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["fifi","funny","genies","humor","weetzie-bat","wishes"],"id":56091,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"I was starting to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending the ingredients, placing everything in its proper place. It was the magic of forgetting.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["forgetting","sadness"],"id":59100,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"I stand here waiting. To disappear or sing.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["disappear","sing","waiting"],"id":61607,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":58,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}