{"author":"Peter Hedges","author_id":"Peter+Hedges","total_quotes":15,"quotes":[{"text":"The more Christian you are in this town, the more makeup you wear. I've always thought that it's because if you were to die suddenly, you'd look better for God.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["christian","die","god","makeup"],"id":19494,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"Gilbert?'Some days I hate all those who know my name.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["hate"],"id":40637,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"It's supposed to go bing-bing or bong-bong or ding-ding when tires go over it. The one at Dave's stopped working several years ago, and he won't have it fixed because he feels as I do - that none of us need to be reminded we exist.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["existence"],"id":50161,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"In the living room, the consensus among the guests was that Scotty’s looks favored his father, but the Judge was quick to disagree: ‘He doesn’t look a thing like me. He looks like an hors d'oeuvre.’Hearing this, Joan thought the following, and pledged it to herself, as both prayer and promise: You will be loved, Scotty Ocean.And while the guests laughed at the Judge’s remark, Joan leaned over and softly whispered to her newborn son, 'You will be loved.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["children","family-love","love","mothers","parenting"],"id":81142,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"Who's calling?'Don't insult me like that,' the voice says.I stop. Was I just insulting?","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["calling","insult"],"id":112275,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's green. Stand under it, during a rainstorm, you'll still get wet - that's why it's art.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["art"],"id":133885,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"I was seven when he hung himself, and I don't remember all that much, and anything I did remember, I've managed to forget.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["forget","hung","remember"],"id":141700,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"I devised a test.I turned off the TV and instantly the snoring stopped. She began to move. When I felt her eyes about to open, I turned the TV back on and back to sleep she went. Then I'd turn it off and on - sometimes for millisecond - and she never failed me. Each time it was off, she's move and mutter - each time it was on, she'd sleep.By the time the headlights from Amy's Nova turned into our driveway, my suspicion had been confirmed. My mother has a more intimate, connected relationship with this television than she has ever had with me.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["sleep","television","tv"],"id":158863,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"She doesn't acknowledge Tucker, and there's no thank you for the cigarettes. She says a person shows their gratitude by action, not by words. So I guess that means she thanks me by smoking every cigarette in every pack.","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["cigarettes","gratitude","thanks"],"id":212314,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"},{"text":"How can you kill a man who'd already been dead for years?","author":"Peter Hedges","tags":["dead","kill"],"id":222818,"author_id":"Peter+Hedges"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}