{"quotes":[{"text":"From the third case, she took yet more books, but these were the traveling books that she had brought for her new ward: they were at once sterner and more reassuring that the others. She cared for for these, too- they were books after all, and she would sooner have her own spine broken than manhandle a book - but not with the same devotion, and they were placed in a neat pile on the floor.","author":"Wesley Stace","tags":["book","love-for-books","misfortune","about-books","wesley-stace"],"id":14860,"author_id":"Wesley+Stace"},{"text":"The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["angel-poems","angels","bridges","contemporary-poetry","dreams","meaning","metaphysical-poets-and-poetry","modern-classic","national-poetry-month","poem-in-your-pocket-day","poems-by-aberjhani","about-books","rivers","silver","symbolism","wings","world-literature","world-poetry-day","world-suicide-prevention-day"],"id":74593,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"Books make the best ersatz friendships.","author":"Nenia Campbell","tags":["angst","books","friends","friendship","friendship","life","loneliness","about-books","reading","sad","sad-but-true","true-to-life"],"id":180636,"author_id":"Nenia+Campbell"},{"text":"Every book begins and ends with other people- the readers who suggest the book to us and encourage us to read it, the talented author who crafted each word, the fascinating individuals we meet inside the pages- and the readers we discuss and share the book with when we finish.","author":"Donalyn Miller","tags":["books","characters","about-books","readers","reading","reading-as-art","reading-community","reading","sharing-books"],"id":375287,"author_id":"Donalyn+Miller"},{"text":"I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.","author":"Núria Añó","tags":["about-books","about-life","about-me","about-writing","bookquotes","books","lonely-people","loser","loser","losers","misunderstood","misunderstood-fights","motivation","motivational","motivational-inspirational","motivational","powerful","strong","women-writers","writers","writers-and-their-work","writers-and-writing","writers-inspiration","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers","writers-world","writing","writing-books","writing-life","writing-process","writing-process-creative","writing-process-creative-process","writing"],"id":439918,"author_id":"N%C3%BAria+A%C3%B1%C3%B3"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}