{"quotes":[{"text":"Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adult","adulthood","appre","appreciating-life","appreciating-yourself-and-others","appreciation","general","old","old-age","old-people","older","youth","youthful","youthfulness"],"id":1169,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","adolescent","adolescents","adult","adulthood","adults","africa","african","ancient","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","child","children","dead","death","deep","dependence","dependent","develop","developing","development","dictum","dictums","epigram","epigrams","existence","four-stages-of-life","funny","gnome","gnomes","grandparent","grandparents","grow","growing","growth","humor","humorous","humour","immortal","immortality","independence","independent","infant","infants","insightful","life","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mortal","mortality","newborn","newborns","old","old-age","old-age-home","old-age-homes","phase","phases","philosopher","prepubescent","process","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","retire","retired","retiree","retirees","retirement","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","senile","senility","south-africa","south-african","stage","stages","stages-of-life","teenage","teenager","teenagers","thought-provoking","thoughtful","young","youth","youths"],"id":6452,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn.","author":"Richard Due","tags":["adult","amazon","apple","b-n","coin","dragon","dystopian","ebook","epub","faeries","fantasy","ibooks","ibookstore","indie","ipad","kindle","mg","middle","moon","nook","realm","series","ya","young"],"id":17372,"author_id":"Richard+Due"},{"text":"But—' yelped Twizbang, “Greydor will eat us!","author":"Richard Due","tags":["adult","amazon","apple","b-n","coin","dragon","dystopian","ebook","epub","faeries","fantasy","ibooks","ibookstore","indie","ipad","kindle","mg","middle","moon","nook","realm","series","ya","young"],"id":17419,"author_id":"Richard+Due"},{"text":"Wouldn't the world be a much better place if we didn't make it past the age of maybe 10? Think back to when we were younger, before we were so easily influenced by adults. We rebelled against everything that we now believe is impossible. Super Heroes still existed and we didn't hold grudges because 'sorry' was okay and as long as you still wanted to share your toys with me, nothing more needed to be said. Be 10 years old today everyone.","author":"D'Andre Lampkin","tags":["12","adult","age","before","better","better-life","better-man","better-person","better-place","better-self","better-with-age","better-world","betterment","children","compassion","hatred","influence","kind","school","the-past","wisdom","world","years","younger"],"id":17626,"author_id":"D%27Andre+Lampkin"},{"text":"She probably fell asleep and was washed away by the tortoise waves!”-Arista.","author":"Khalia Hades","tags":["adult","ariel","choices-and-consequences","curse","eric","fantasy","fiction","mermaids","paranormal-romance","prince","the-little-mermaid","triton","ursula"],"id":20303,"author_id":"Khalia+Hades"},{"text":"We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able.","author":"P.J. Parker","tags":["adult","adventure","american-history","historical-novel","inspirational","romance","young-adult"],"id":20664,"author_id":"P.J.+Parker"},{"text":"For whom do you cry, my son?” the Great Spirit asked.“I do not know.”“Yes, you do.","author":"P.J. Parker","tags":["adult","adventure","american-history","historical-novel","inspirational","romance","young-adult"],"id":23233,"author_id":"P.J.+Parker"},{"text":"If as an adult I have scolded and then silenced the child within me, I contend that I am neither an adult nor a child. Rather, I am just plain ignorant.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["adult","child","children","choice","choices","fool","foolish","ignorant","inner-child","mature","maturity","naive","scolded","silence","silenced","stupid","suppress"],"id":32860,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"When you are a grown up your brothers become your neighbors and your unconditional brotherhood become your conditional neighborhood.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["adult","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","brother","brotherhood","brothers","child","childhood","children","conditional","grown-up","grown-ups","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","kid","kids","motivation","motivational","motivational","neighborhood","neighbors","philosophy","unconditional","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":40465,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":139,"pages":14,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}