{"author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves","total_quotes":54,"quotes":[{"text":"What might be considered loyalty in onesociety might not necessarily be the same for another.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes","of-life"],"id":15185,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"Writing is a lonely business, which if allowed publicity and socializing it might deteriorate. Supportive people understand the need of a writer to withdraw to the solitude of oneself.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["writers","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers-world","writing","writing-life","writing-philosophy"],"id":17079,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"Poetry is –raw feelings as sunny summer,fiery turmoil as vibrant autumn,daunting revelation as stormy winter,intrepid hope as blooming spring.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["poetry","poetry","poetry"],"id":17179,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes"],"id":40833,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes uponthe swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes"],"id":49611,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"Don’t break a neck looking up for God. Try looking down at inspiring human deeds.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["inspirational","inspirational-attitude","inspirational-life","inspirational","spiritual-sayings","spirituality"],"id":53517,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes"],"id":66422,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"The moment of honouring our humanity is now.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes"],"id":67667,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"My lips swelled with red freshness, my chest heaved proudly with a pair of pointed African drums, my face tempted with its sweetness like Kilimanjaro waters and my height spoke a language only a Maasai warrior knew.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["quote","quotes"],"id":73161,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"},{"text":"There's a thin boundary between the light and dark side. Both are fervent to reign in the space of the other.","author":"Gloria D. Gonsalves","tags":["awareness","consciousness","enlightenment","inspirational","mindfulness","spirituality"],"id":79947,"author_id":"Gloria+D.+Gonsalves"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":54,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}