{"author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn","total_quotes":49,"quotes":[{"text":"The Existentially Preoccupied Long Distance RunnerSometimes I like to run so hard and for so longwith each mile I can feel the pain of my own awareness,my own heightened consciousness of what ails me,the ills of the world,the limitations of our existence,the losses we must endure,the superficial interactions.Sometimes I like to run so hard and for so longthat I can feel all of these feelings seep out of the pours of my own skin,the sweat cleansing my very being,my awareness of beauty heightened,the experience of joy possible,each mile, each minute, ridding me of these feelings,washing away the illusions,showing me the truth.Sometimes I like to run so hard and for so long…until finally I feel free…until finally I AM free….","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["endurance","endurance-and-attitude","existential-questions","existentialism","inspiration","inspirational-living","long-distance-running","marathon","running"],"id":6021,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"I highly recommend running through grassy trails in the rain. There is a haven of serenity out in nature, the sound of raindrops and the scent of flowers, the feeling of the water along my skin. Even in the middle of a busy city and an insane world, there is beauty everywhere. All we have to do is pause long enough to notice.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["inner-peace","inner-strength","inspirational","inspirational-living","life-and-living","long-distance-running","running","running","running-through-the-woods","wellbeing","wellness","wellness"],"id":20363,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"She was the kind of woman a person could die over or kill over.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["crazy-love","mystery-novels","mystery-suspense","mystery-thriller","romantic-suspense","romantic-thriller"],"id":24981,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"The pain of running relieves the pain of living.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["endurance","endurance-and-attitude","exercise","inspirational","inspirational","life-lessons","marathon","marathon-training","running","running"],"id":25190,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"The sun glowed behind the monotonous, gray January sky, a tease of light through the heavy hazy. Noah gazed out the window. He hated when the sun shined against the overcast sky creating a white, blinding glare while the ball of yellow remained hidden, a tantalizing possibility without a promise. Maybe it would poke through; maybe it wouldn't. That type of sun was a capricious as a woman.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["crazy-love","psychological","psychological-thriller","romantic-suspense","romantic-thriller"],"id":33389,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"Looking at that pain in her eyes, he felt a closeness with her that he had never experienced before. Like they shared something powerful and unspoken, something so deep and devastating, it bonded them together. He knew then, that if she didn't forgive him, he would never survive.He was nothing without her.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["crazy-love","love","love-hurts","psychological","psychological-fiction","psychological-thriller","romantic-suspense","romantic-thriller"],"id":37247,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"Life is messy. No matter how hard we try to create order, something happens to cause the structure we created to falter. Maybe that's the only way for us to learn. If everything stayed neat and orderly, then we would never be forced to grow and change. We need something unexpected to help us make sense of where we are and to guide us to where we need to go.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["change","life","life-experience","life-lessons","psychological","psychological-thriller","psychology","wisdom"],"id":39966,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"She would not have another man push her aside like some appetizer, there to wet his whistle only to be left once the main dish arrived.No more. She pushed her thumb into his throat a little harder.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["mystery-series","mystery-suspense","mystery-thriller","psychological-suspense","psychological-thriller","romantic-suspense","romantic-thriller"],"id":40013,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"It was a fictional story, but like any good fiction, without the need to adjust or conceal the truth, it actually might bethe greatest expression of truth.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["fiction","fiction-vs-reality","fictions","truth"],"id":43405,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"},{"text":"Love isn't about holding on. It's about letting go.","author":"Jacqueline Simon Gunn","tags":["life-lessons","life-philosophy","love","romance-novels"],"id":57144,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Simon+Gunn"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":49,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}