{"author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson","total_quotes":59,"quotes":[{"text":"What mattered was stil there. That was what they all felt, and what surprised them all. What mattered couldnt be shaken.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["inspirational","meaningful","sad"],"id":5651,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"Tiger Lily made an attempt at a smile. After having felt the need to glower at other children for most of her life, smiles never came easily to her face. But this one was half all right.'I miss you already,' he said.Tiger Lily wanted to say it back. But she held on to the words greedily, too caught in the habit of keeping herself a secret. And Peter-half sadly, half-expectantly-let her go.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["peter-pan","secret","smile","tiger-lily"],"id":9451,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"So many lights you’d think we were living in a constellation.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["beautiful","electricity","jodi-lynn-anderson","midnight-at-the-electric","new-york","new-york-city"],"id":14418,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"I think we could be friends,' he said, falling into step with her. 'It's perfect because I wouldn't fall in love with you, like I do with the mermaids. Girls always seem so exotic. But it would be okay with you, because you're more like...You know. Not like a girl.' He shrugged.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["friends","girl","just-friends","not-like-a-girl","peter-pan","tiger-lily"],"id":30444,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"That is what all creatures great and small are made of. Leftover stardust. An atom exploded, and all the dust became the planets, the stars...And us. That's all anything amounts to.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["stardust","stars"],"id":39324,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"I think we carry home on our backs.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["jodi-lynn-anderson","quote"],"id":56241,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"I could never leave,' Pine Sap said. 'Why?' she asked.Pine Sap shrugged, and gestured in the direction of the village. 'Because I think people must be the same everywhere. Only these people are my bones.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["family","people"],"id":61067,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"I'll teach you,' Tiger Lily offered with a shrug of her shoulders.'Did your mother teach you?' he asked.'I don't have a mother,' she said. 'Like you.'For some reason, Peter was glad to hear it.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["mother","peter-pan","tiger-lily"],"id":66640,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"Something about you makes me feel like I can tell you things like that. You’re so still. It’s like, you’ll just hear it.” He smiled wryly. “I can’t even hear what I’m thinking most of the time,” he said, his brow wrinkling. “My brain’s noisy.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["listening","stillness","tiger-lily"],"id":80165,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"},{"text":"She let the jealousy slip out of her fingertips.","author":"Jodi Lynn Anderson","tags":["jealousy"],"id":81594,"author_id":"Jodi+Lynn+Anderson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":59,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}