{"author":"Rebecca Donovan","author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares and whispers that followed me down the hall.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["anger","disconnecting","emma","emotional","escape","feelings","guilt","self-hatred","sever","shame","stares","struggle","thoughts","weakness"],"id":42529,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"He leaned toward me and delicately grazed my lips with his. The tease left me breathless, burning for more. “I keep having to remind myself that I can do that,” he smirked.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["breathing","emma-thomas","evan-mathews","kiss","love","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","sweet"],"id":84308,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"I knew in that moment, I would never love anyone in my life the way I loved Evan Mathews.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["breathing","emma-thomas","evan-mathews","love","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","sweet"],"id":103140,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"It was more important for me to try, than to not have the chance at all.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["attempt","chance","courage","determination","emma","important","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","try"],"id":117149,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"You focus on a singer star,” I explained, as I searched for my spot. “Then you spin around, staring at that one star, until you can’t stand anymore.” I started spinning to demonstrate. “Then you lie down to watch the stars spinning above you while your star remains still.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["emma","evan","love","reason-to-breathe","stars"],"id":122899,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"I was so tired of fighting. Tired of hurting. Tired of the guilt that never released me, and the regrets that could not be changed. I didn't want this life. They're were only so many times I could hear that I should never have been born, before I wished it to be true.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["suicide"],"id":126280,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"These past two days, I’ve seen a fire in your eyes that I never have before. Granted, it’s mostly anger and frustration, but it’s still emotion.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["breathing","emma-thomas","emotion","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","sara-mckinley"],"id":126414,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"Knowing you were right down the hall was way too hard. I couldn’t do it,” Evan declared, sliding under the covers next to me.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["breathing","emma-thomas","evan-mathews","reason-to-breathe","rebecca-donovan","sweet"],"id":134576,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"I think I like wildflowers best,' I explain. 'They just grow wherever they want. No one has to plant them. And then their seeds blow in the wind and they find a new place to grow.' (Richelle).","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["flowers","nature","rebecca-donovan","richelle","what-if","wildflowers"],"id":134607,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"},{"text":"I can push everything into the dark.But it leaves me empty.And the dark always ends up finding me in my sleep.","author":"Rebecca Donovan","tags":["dark","emotions","emptiness","fear","loneliness","nightmares","repressing","sleep"],"id":137148,"author_id":"Rebecca+Donovan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}