{"author":"R.J. Lawrence","author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence","total_quotes":17,"quotes":[{"text":"You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridles of despair.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["anger","dont-give-up","dont-give-up","dont-quit","fighting","fighting-spirit","give-up","resilience","survival","survive"],"id":5867,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"She looked at him, his black, depthless eyes like boiling wells of oil.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["eye","eye-contact","eyes","eyes","intimate","intimidating","scary","villain","villains"],"id":58702,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"Against ignorance, God Himself is helpless.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["god","ignorance","mankind"],"id":77214,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"At last, the clock settled in the right place.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["past","time","time-inspirational","time"],"id":117203,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"They waited and watched, while the clocks seemed to resist time.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["clock","time","time-passing","time","time","waiting","waiting"],"id":118504,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"He celebrated his solitude with a frown.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["clever","loneliness","loneliness","lonely","prose","sad","sad","sadness","solitude"],"id":130636,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"Never apologize for correct actions.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["apologize","apology","defiance","defiant","regret","regrets","regrets-in-life","regrets-of-the-past","regretting"],"id":169441,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too little leaves them disabled and useless. But just the right amount of hope subjugates them. They cradle it like a dying ember, and they'll do anything to keep the wind from extinguishing it. They'll serve.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["big-brother","control","control","government","hope","hope","hopeful","hopelessness"],"id":173674,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"As she gobbled up the miles, big ravines appeared before her, their starving mouths open for the swallow.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["flying","flying","landscape","prose"],"id":189917,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"},{"text":"When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, not to command their lives, but to create a safe depository for the ultimate powers.","author":"R.J. Lawrence","tags":["brilliant","brilliant-prose","control","control","famous","famous-","famous-","famous","government","interesting"],"id":213489,"author_id":"R.J.+Lawrence"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}