{"author":"Michael Scott","author_id":"Michael+Scott","total_quotes":24,"quotes":[{"text":"There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["death","defending","dignity","honor","killing","war"],"id":5826,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["inspirational"],"id":58100,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["forever","immortality","love","the-necromancer"],"id":62449,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"The day we stop learning is the day we die.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["dark","foreboding","inspirational"],"id":76969,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"And now that they have us here, under their control, they've dropped whatever act they had on earth. We're seeing them as they really are.' He dipped his glove into the water and watched as the water turned golden. The air suddenly smelled of citrus. 'Look! It's orange juice!''Josh, focus!''You sound just like Mom or Isis or whatever her name is.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["dialogue","focus","humor","twins"],"id":85174,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"Her hands flew to her mouth. 'Are we even twins?'Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. 'I will always be your brother, Sophie. I will always look after you.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["family","family-love","loyalty","protection","siblings","twins"],"id":100571,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"I like places like this,' he announced.I like old places too,' Josh said, 'but what's to like about a place like this?'The king spread his arms wide. 'What do you see?'Josh made a face. 'Junk. Rusted tractor, broken plow, old bike.'Ahh...But I see a tractor that was once used to till these fields. I see the plow it once pulled. I see a bicycle carefully placed out of harm's way under a table.'Josh slowly turned again, looking at the items once more.And I see these things and I wonder at the life of the person who carefully stored the precious tractor and plow in the barn out of the weather, and placed their bike under a homemade table.'Why do you wonder?' Josh asked. 'Why is it even important?'Because someone has to remember,' Gilgamesh snapped, suddenly irritated. 'Some one has to remember the human who rode the bike and drove the tractor, the person who tilled the fields, who was born and lived and died, who loved and laughed and cried, the person who shivered in the cold and sweated in the sun.' He walked around the barn again, touching each item, until his palm were red with rust.' It is only when no one remembers, that you are truely lost. That is the true death.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["wisdom"],"id":120062,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["war","winning"],"id":148598,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"She's in the Catskill,' Shopie began, but Scathach reached over and pinched her hand. '.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["cafe","elephants","funny","hilarious","shadow"],"id":154905,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"},{"text":"You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk.","author":"Michael Scott","tags":["magic","senses"],"id":157109,"author_id":"Michael+Scott"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}