{"author":"Tommy Cotton","author_id":"Tommy+Cotton","total_quotes":7,"quotes":[{"text":"When you fall in love with someone you treasure their quirks as much as anything else. Flaws become unique marks of character, things you'd miss if they weren't there.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["friendship","in-love","love","love","love-story","lovers"],"id":22738,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"Guilt is the toothache of the soul.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["guilt","life","life-and-living","metaphor","soul"],"id":111789,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"One of the only things more powerful than the human heart is the that it takes to heal one that has been broken.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["healing","heart","heartbreak","inspiration","love","love"],"id":135570,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"Life is about balance. It's not about forgetting the bad times or escaping them. It's about creating enough good times to outweigh the bad.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["life","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life"],"id":163659,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"If I had followed every urge I ever had, I would have had much more sex and killed a lot more people.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["humor","humour","indie-","life-lessons","novel"],"id":314046,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"Shit happens. You can either stand their and complain about the smell or you can wipe your shoe and keep walking.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["humor","humour","inspirational","life","motivational","quotes","strength"],"id":368692,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"},{"text":"The only reason a true friend won't be there to pick you up is because they are lying beneath you from trying to break your fall.","author":"Tommy Cotton","tags":["friends","friendship","happiness","inspirational","people-relations","quote"],"id":467214,"author_id":"Tommy+Cotton"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":7,"pages":1}}