{"author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"Maybe I should have got some chili-slaw dogs from Shorty’s. Everybody loves those.”\t“Buddy,” Lars said, dropping his shoes to the deck with a thump, “sit yourself down and stop fussing. You’re reminding me of my Aunt Glynna with all this temperature takin’ and foil tuckin’. This food is fine.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["food","friend","the-south"],"id":2706,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"So, does that make me your girlfriend?”“Do you want to be?”“I’ve never liked that word, actually. It sounds so juvenile. ”He shot her a worried look. “Is there another term you’d prefer?”“I’ve always liked ‘companion of my heart’. Or ‘my better half’. Or maybe even ‘the sun in my universe’.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["girlfriend","love","names","relationships","romantic"],"id":41034,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"Lucy saw the delighted expressions of the guests and knew they looked like something out an Austen movie. Well, at least Jem did. She giggled a little and cleared her throat.\t“Something funny?” he murmured out of the corner of his mouth.\t“Just thinking how you’re just like Captain Wentworth and I’m just like Tina Turner.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["jane-austen","race","regency-era","the-south"],"id":49267,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"Lucy gripped her chilled glass of orange and raspberry juice. When Rebecca talked about Austen, she’d mostly mentioned Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightley. She hadn’t really thought of the doe-eyed, pale-skinned heroines. \tOn the screen, Anne Elliot walked down a long hallway, glancing just once at covered paintings, her mouth a grim line. Lucy thought Jane Austen would start the story with the romance, or the loss of it, but instead the tale seemed to begin with Anne’s home, and having to make difficult decisions. Maybe this writer from over two hundred years ago knew how everything important met at the intersection of family, home, love, and loss. This was something Lucy understood with every fiber of her being.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["jane-austen","loss","love","persuasion","pride-and-prejudice"],"id":87629,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"Ah, a romantic.” Danny leaned back, threading his fingers behind his head. “I used to be one, until my wife died. And then I was just pathetic.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["death","loss","love","romance"],"id":93794,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"Oh, right. She doesn’t know your secret identity.” Andy unzipped his sweatshirt and tossed it on a chair. “So, Meg Ryan just sent Tom Hanks a book but…”\t“No, Meg Ryan just sent NY152 a book, which was then overnighted to Tom Hanks, who lives above Meg Ryan and knows she’s Shopgirl, while she has no idea he’s NY152.”\t“I’m a little disturbed you know that movie so well.”\t“It was actually a remake of a 1937 play called Parfumerie by Miklós László.” Paul blew out a breath. “And it’s really not as fun as they made it sound.”\t“But hey, at least you can say you’ve got mail,” Andy said, chuckling.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["humor","movie-adaptations","movies","tom-hanks","you-ve-got-mail"],"id":103181,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":". “Don’t be a stranger. And pray about that petition you filed.”\t“Mama,” Paul groaned. That was the Christian way of saying “I know you’re wrong but you won’t take my word for it, so God will have to explain it to you.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["christianity","love","prayer"],"id":110369,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"I think you should ignore Sara Teasdale (she’s a bit of a moper, to be honest.). \tTake Christina Rossetti’s advice and be fire.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["fire","love","poetry"],"id":161922,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"It's the truth.' Her voice was barely more than breath.'I believe you.' He was gently kissing his way along her jaw. 'You came all this way to bring me a photo.'Yes.' She said. 'Well, I can..This morning..Here bring it.'He raised his head, 'What?'She glared at him, 'I can't talk when you're doing that.'He grinned, dimples appearing. 'Sorry. Say it again.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["kiss","kisses","love"],"id":183953,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"},{"text":"He's come a long way, but he's still never accepted that he's forgiven.","author":"Mary Jane Hathaway","tags":["forgiveness"],"id":187406,"author_id":"Mary+Jane+Hathaway"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}