{"author":"Gwenda Bond","author_id":"Gwenda+Bond","total_quotes":25,"quotes":[{"text":"It figured my family would get along better with Clark than they did me.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["awkwardness","blue-eyes","broad-shoulders","clark-kent","compassion","falling-in-love","family","friendship","lois-lane"],"id":9159,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes you had to put it all out there, no matter how hard it felt to do so. When the people in your life were worth it, so was the risk.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["double-down","embarrassment","female-encouragement","friendship","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","risk","sisterhood","sisters"],"id":25982,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Someone else deciding what was too dangerous for me to be involved in or pursue had never stopped me yet.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["arrogance","danger","double-down","gwenda-bond","journalism","lois-lane","pride","pursuit-of-justice"],"id":40415,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Sometimes, if you have faith in people they'll surprise you. Mom and Dad taught me that. Risk is the price of believing most people want to be good.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["clark-kent","faith-in-people","goodness","gwenda-bond","heartland","surprise-yourself","triple-threat"],"id":47028,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I knew what I wanted to do. Sometimes you just had to be brave.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["brave"],"id":116353,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Courage doesn't mean never being afraid. We're all afraid sometimes. Bravery means doing the right thing anyway. That's true strength.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["bravery","clark-kent","courage","double-down","fear","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","smallville","strength-of-character"],"id":136039,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"He listens when I talk.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["clark-kent","conversation","dinnertime","family","gwenda-bond","listening","lois-lane","romance","triple-threat","youth"],"id":136081,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I know you don't want to be me. But I'd hate for you to ever feel like you're in my shadow. You're not and you never will be. You are awesome, and there is some kind of amazing future waiting for you.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["amazing-future","caution","double-down","family","female-encouragement","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","shadow","sisterhood","sisters"],"id":150033,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I didn't like showing weakness, not to anybody.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["double-down","fear","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","strength","strength-of-character","weakness"],"id":158772,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"The problem with having friends was that you might lose them. Or they might get hurt.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["angst","comics","dc-comics","fallout","friends","friendship","lois-lane","losing-friends"],"id":168029,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}