{"author":"J. Sterling","author_id":"J.+Sterling","total_quotes":17,"quotes":[{"text":"Nothing made you realize how much you’d been ignoring your heart, until someone came along and smacked it awake simply by existing.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["heartbreak","love"],"id":2129,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"I recognized you instantly. All of our lives flashed through my mind in a split second. I felt a pull so strongly towards you that I almost couldn't stop it.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["love","past-lives","reincarnation","soulmates"],"id":38989,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"Sometimes letting go is the only way to find out who you're meant to hold on to.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["romance","young-adult"],"id":78548,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"You're something, alright.' I laughed into his bare chest, my eyes closing. 'I'm your something...' His voice trailed off into a wisper as I drifted off.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["mature-ya","something","sweet","yours"],"id":85899,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"She smiled and her whole face lit up. Or maybe it was mine. All I know for certain is that smile lit up even my darkest days.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["light","love","smile","swoon"],"id":94157,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you won't win. But what really matters isn't the war you're waging, it's that you don't lose the person you are in the midst of the battle.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["battle","fight","insparation","lose","mature-ya","wisdom"],"id":95077,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person’s entire day with just a few measly sentences?","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["words"],"id":112395,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"Because once you give your body to a guy, there's no taking it back. And once you've done that it opens up feelings, emotions and vulnerabilities you never knew you were capable of having. I'm not ready to give him my heart. What if he breaks it?","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["romance","young-adult-fiction"],"id":174431,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"Listen to me, Madison. I can’t have you running away from me. I know you needed some time today to process and work through everything, but don’t push me away. I don’t like it. I want to be the one you run to, not the one you run from.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["aww","cute","love"],"id":222141,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"},{"text":"I'm going to make myself a promise right here and now. In Johnny's honor. I promise to live each day to the fullest. I promise to listen to my heart and then work through my fears to follow it. I promise to realize what my dreams are then take the steps necessary to make them a reality. I promise to be trut to me. Not what someone else wants me to be, but what I want.","author":"J. Sterling","tags":["dreams","inspirational","life"],"id":230308,"author_id":"J.+Sterling"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}