{"author":"William Ritter","author_id":"William+Ritter","total_quotes":14,"quotes":[{"text":"Give me some credit. You don't get far in my game with your eyes closed. I get it-who doesn't like a man in uniform? But trust me, men are never worth it. Behind every great man is a woman who gave up on greatness and tied herself into an apron. Romance is for saps, Abbie. You're sharp, and you've got pluck. Don't waste it.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["abigail-rook","feminism","romance"],"id":33098,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"He paused, watching Charlie breathing slowly in and out for a moments. 'Were it not for the assistance of your young 'monster,' here, you almost certainly would not have survived Swift's attack. Marlowe is a good man,' Jackaby added, thoughtfully, 'but he only knows how to slay dragons. This world is full of dragons-slayers. What we need are a few people who aren't too proud to listen to a fish.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["dragons","fish","inspirational"],"id":72517,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"We are not the policy department, except for those of us who are,' Jackaby revised.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["jackaby","william-ritter","ya"],"id":113136,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, 'Shall I tell them the truth?'Have you killed anyone?' he asked, quietly.'No, of course not!'Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["funny","humor","interrogation","jail","murder"],"id":143888,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"The trick about falling is to catch yourself before you hit the dirt.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["feminism","romance"],"id":164306,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"But trust me, men are never worth it. Behind every great man is a woman who gave up on greatness and tied herself into an apron. Romance is for saps, Abbie. You’re sharp and you’ve got pluck. Don’t waste it.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["romance","strong-women","women"],"id":224234,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"I had heard of offices feeling like prisons, but in this case our prison felt, rather anticlimactically, like an office.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["funny","humor","office","prison","work"],"id":240090,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"I read the first few,' said Jackaby. 'I've instructed my duck to just file the rest directly under P. I left it to him to decide if that was for politics or paranoia.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["humor","jackaby","ya"],"id":280773,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"Oh no. He looks half-dead.' Charlie's face paled as he eyed the trapper's wrist and the blood-soaked bandages.'Indeed.' Jackaby nodded. 'And if we don't get him some proper attention soon, he'll be all dead.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["dead","dragon","injury"],"id":293858,"author_id":"William+Ritter"},{"text":"Names have power... And he kept the one I gave him. My dear, sweet Jackaby. - Eleanor.","author":"William Ritter","tags":["jackaby","names","power-of-words"],"id":378910,"author_id":"William+Ritter"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}