{"author":"Osman Welela","author_id":"Osman+Welela","total_quotes":9,"quotes":[{"text":"Mothers cowered over their small children, defenceless as their backs blossomed with red lines or swords were sunk into their flesh to reach the young ones they hid.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["mother","parent","protection","sacrifice","war"],"id":14101,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"May the stars ever shine on your path, and the darkness never leave your side.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["ignorance","knowledge","wisdom"],"id":40945,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"The thousand stars that shine in the light of day.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["imagination"],"id":107869,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"...His tortured voice lost in the much grander cries of the world around him.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["pain"],"id":170813,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"...Pain that would have made even a god shiver in terror.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["agony","pain"],"id":248989,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"Just like life, it was only the contrast with darkness that had made it seem brighter.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["darkness","death","life"],"id":299138,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"The greatest of our virtues and the worst of our sins is wanting nothing less than more.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["greed","power","wisdom"],"id":329776,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"Sometimes believing is as simple as choosing to do so.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["love","openness","trust"],"id":349386,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"},{"text":"Magic is a trick, and the trick is to believe it's real.","author":"Osman Welela","tags":["belief","magic","trick"],"id":373931,"author_id":"Osman+Welela"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":9,"pages":1}}