{"author":"Lauren Barnholdt","author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt","total_quotes":18,"quotes":[{"text":"Not for the first time, I wonder what it would feel like that, to be so beautiful that you don't even realize people are watching you, to be so confident that you don't even have to worry about being nervous or feeling self-conscious. I've spent my whole life trying to pretend I'm that way. What would it be like to have it just come naturally?","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["beautiful","confidence","nature"],"id":32680,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"Not for the first time, I wonder what it would feel like that, to be so beautiful that you don't even realize people are watching you, to be so confident that you don't even have to worry about being nervous or feeling self-conscious. I've spent what seems like my whole life trying to pretend I'm that way. What would it be like to have it just come naturally?","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["lauren-barnholdt","love","love-story","teen","teen-drama","teen-fiction","teen-romance","teenage-love","teenagers","teens"],"id":42556,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"I just have a hard time with small talk. My friend Jocelyn says I'm too quiet. But I'm really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don't like to talk first. What if the other person doesn't want to be bothered?","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["introvert","people","personality"],"id":79338,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"If you want to know the truth,” he says, leaning forward like he’s getting ready to tell a really good story, “it has to do with Kelsey. And the biggest lie of all.”And that’s when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["drama","isaac","kelsey","quote","romance"],"id":134174,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"But it's that fucking dress she's wearing. It's low-cut and tight and just...Jesus. Why would she wear a dress like that? Is she doing it just to torture me? I like the idea that maybe she had me in mind when she picked it out. Of course, she might be wearing it because she wants to get attention from other guys. I look around the wedding suspiciously, trying to see if anyone is looking at her. I don't want to have to punch someone out, but I'll do it if I have to.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["ex-boyfriends","jealousy","protective"],"id":143853,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"The thing about loving someone, is that yelling at them only feels good while you're doing it -- as soon as they're gone, all you want to do is take it all back.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["couples","couples-heartbreak","fight","love","lovers-quarrels"],"id":144289,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["funny","love","relationships"],"id":296997,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"When people start liking people, that’s when someone has the ability to get hurt.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["life-lessons","life","reality"],"id":315835,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"Who ends up with their first real boyfriend? Yeah, no one.- Courtney.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["romance","young-adult"],"id":329707,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"},{"text":"I mean, scamming on guys on the Internet? I thought that was only for forty-year-old divorcees who Photoshop their pictures in an effort to appear younger and thinner.","author":"Lauren Barnholdt","tags":["humor","internet"],"id":349960,"author_id":"Lauren+Barnholdt"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}