{"author":"Rachel Vincent","author_id":"Rachel+Vincent","total_quotes":67,"quotes":[{"text":"There’s a good kind of crazy, Kaylee,” he insisted softly, reaching out to wrap his warm hand around mine. “It’s the kind that makes you thinkabout things that make your head hurt, because not thinking about them is the coward’s way out. The kind that makes you touch people who bruise yoursoul, just because they need to be touched. This is the kind of crazy that lets you stare out into the darkness and rage at eternity, while it stares back atyou, ready to swallow you whole.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["amazing","romantic","tod-being-awesome"],"id":7511,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"You're the brightest thing I've ever seen, Kaylee. You're this beautiful ball of fire spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out -- if I tried to touch you -- I'd get burned. Because you're not mine. I'm not supposed to feel the fire. I'm not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like I've never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["fire"],"id":11777,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"Behind me, Marc made a soft whistling sound, clearly impressed. “That’s not standard procedure,” he said, his tone entirely too reasonable as he leaned over the stray’s body to open the back passenger-side door. “Yeah, well, I’m not your standard enforcer.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["funny"],"id":13202,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"...The dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors...","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["dead","death","saints"],"id":14950,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was an excellent way to make new friends, though.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["humor","nakedness","rogue","vincent"],"id":16384,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"You don’t want me to stand against the council. You want a magic wand, so you can walk around smacking people with it until everything’s just the way you like it. But guess what, Faythe? Life doesn’t work like that. Life bites, and the harder you fight it, the more leverage it has to tear your heart right out of your chest. And if you really want to wake this particular sleeping dog, the truth is that if you’d just taken that 'damn ring' five years ago, none of this shit would ever have happened!","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["hurt","life","marc-ramos","pain","truth"],"id":16563,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"You bitch!'Why is it that whenever I draw blood, I'm a bitch?","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["funny"],"id":19294,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"If I love you more than you love me, I’m as good as dead. Yet I can’t make myself take it back. I can’t just walk away from you, because every time you pass by me without smiling, without touching my hand, or at least making eye contact, it feels like I’m dying inside.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["heartbreak","jace-hammond","love"],"id":29180,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"...Don’t judge your future based on others’ mistakes.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["inspirational","life-lessons"],"id":29505,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"},{"text":"I opened my mouth to tell her that everything would be okay, but the words melted like sugar on my tongue-sweet yet insubstantial.","author":"Rachel Vincent","tags":["metaphor","sugar"],"id":30192,"author_id":"Rachel+Vincent"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":67,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}