{"author":"Naomi Long Madgett","author_id":"Naomi+Long+Madgett","total_quotes":1,"quotes":[{"text":"I wouldn't coax the plant if I were you.Such watchful nursing may do it harm.Let the soil rest from so much diggingAnd wait until it's dry before you water it.The leaf's inclined to find its own direction;Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself.Much growth is stunted by too careful prodding,Too eager tenderness.The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.","author":"Naomi Long Madgett","tags":["alone","flower","garden","life","love","plant","poetry","sunlight"],"id":9114,"author_id":"Naomi+Long+Madgett"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":1,"pages":1}}