{"author":"Lauren Myracle","author_id":"Lauren+Myracle","total_quotes":34,"quotes":[{"text":"You're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["thoughts"],"id":2781,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"So as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also weren't friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn't make any sense if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. That's where the sadness came in.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["change","complicated","friends","like","sadness","seventh-grade"],"id":47508,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["learning","lessons","mistakes"],"id":65715,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["christmas"],"id":66667,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["self-improvement"],"id":77952,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"They're not chicks. They're ducks.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["baby-ducks","carly","chicks","confused","love","peace"],"id":90996,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"You will love the ocean. It makes you feel so... I don't know. Small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you're part of something bigger.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["love","ocean","water","world"],"id":110976,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"We're all just people...We all have things we deal with, but it's all right. We always muddle through.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["muddle-through","problems","struggles","we-re-all-just-people"],"id":122239,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"But he thought that if the world was layered with meaning, then she was the evidence, right here.","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["meaning","she","the-infinite-moment-of-us"],"id":129729,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"},{"text":"So you know, I'm thinking that you can either keep yourself safe and not feel anything, or you can the risk of just loving him and letting him love you.' she paused. 'Is he worth the risk? And if not what is? What are you willing to take risk for, Wren?","author":"Lauren Myracle","tags":["love","taking-risks","the-infinite-moment-of-us"],"id":154051,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}