{"quotes":[{"text":"You know you're smarter than all of them, right?' Hale said flatly.'In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it...'He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. 'I don't count cards, Hale.'Don't?' Hale smiled. 'Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal.'But it's frowned upon.'Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... Run with scissors... 'It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon.","author":"Ally Carter","tags":["ally","ally-carter","bishop","carter","hale","heist","heist-society","kat","kat-bishop","katarina","katarina-bishop","society","w-w-hale"],"id":33063,"author_id":"Ally+Carter"},{"text":"Kat,' Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows.'Funny, I didn't hear a doorbell.'I let myself in; hope that's okay.'Hale smiled. 'Or the alarm.'She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed. 'You're due for an upgrade.'Hale propped himself against the antique headboard and squinted up at her.'She returns.' He crossed his arms across his bare chest. 'You know, I could be naked in here.","author":"Ally Carter","tags":["ally","ally-carter","bishop","carter","hale","heist","heist-society","kat","kat-bishop","katarina","katarina-bishop","society","w-w-hale"],"id":96214,"author_id":"Ally+Carter"},{"text":"Sleep is my only ally united by a dream treaty.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["ally","dream","dreams","only","sleep","sleeping","treaty"],"id":122519,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"A dragon for a familiar!' Trom exclaimed.'That's what I said to her or close to it anyway,' the dragon said.'You're supposed to be helping me make you my familiar,' I said to the dragon.'Yeah, I know; I meant for that to sound better than it did,' the dragon replied.","author":"Jennifer Priester","tags":["air-raid","ally","dragon-familiar","dragons","familiars","jennifer-priester","mortal-realm-witch","trom","witches"],"id":152894,"author_id":"Jennifer+Priester"},{"text":"The artist is often misunderstood because, stepping outside himself and holding most details in great tension, he's about as complex as a shape-shifter; or a head with faces on all sides, but not necessarily in the negative connotation as one being two-faced usually implies. For instance, to be misunderstood can mean to be improperly deemed a troublemaker when that is not one's true intent: you see, to troublemakers, the artist knows that the peacemaker may seem like a troublemaker; therefore he may, whether in honesty or in jest, at times, present himself as a troublemaker for perceptual, artistic flair. But then to the artless peacemakers, because of this they will interpret him as a troublemaker. This is why the artist has so few allies. To the troublemakers he's a troublemaker, yet still the peacemakers a troublemaker.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ally","artist","complexity","flair","misunderstood","peace","peacemaker","precise","tension","trouble","troublemaker","understanding"],"id":160407,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I can't live without the sun shining down on my face, and I can't dream without the stars kissing me goodnight.","author":"S.L. Jennings","tags":["ally","drake","justice-drake","love","love","s-l-jennings","taint"],"id":160843,"author_id":"S.L.+Jennings"},{"text":"I wasn’t raised in a household where it was considered abnormal to be gay. So for me to meet people who use the word 'faggot' as an insult, with a derogatory meaning, I can’t take it. I don’t understand it. It’s so foreign to me. I was raised in a household where being gay was like, the most normal thing. You know, my brother is gay, all of my best friends are gay. When my brother came out of the closet, it wasn’t a big deal for my family. Even my grandpa, who is like, super old-school, was like, Good for you! It’s outrageous to me when I see people hate on someone because of their sexuality. I hate the intolerance. I hate the judgment. I hate it so much. Most of my favorite people in my life are gay. It’s something I’m super passionate about, because whenever I would see my friends get bullied, or my brother get hurt for his sexuality, I would become a raging lunatic. I would literally become a raging lunatic because I just can’t take it. When you see someone you love hurting, for such a superficial, bullshit reason, it’s like, how small and spiritually unenlightened and dumb as fuck can a person be? How much further can your head get up your ass that you’re actually judging someone as a person based on their sexuality before you even have a conversation with them?","author":"Ariana Grande","tags":["ally","gay-rights","homophobia","lgbt"],"id":180068,"author_id":"Ariana+Grande"},{"text":"Downfall, failure and death cannot be far from any man who made counterfeit friends his ally and support.","author":"Bamigboye Olurotimi","tags":["allies","ally","betrayal","choice","counterfeit","death","downfall","failure","friends","life","support"],"id":203686,"author_id":"Bamigboye+Olurotimi"},{"text":"Contrary to what you may think, when O’Sah told me about kytaen, that I’d be meeting one, I didn’t picture a pet or a lackey to follow me. I didn’t think of a prisoner. I… I pictured an ally, a friend, OK?","author":"Giselle Simlett","tags":["ally","friend"],"id":207163,"author_id":"Giselle+Simlett"},{"text":"Woman lost (skin deep) like a damn fine thread in the fireWoman of the world caught up in your black machinationsI was a woman who cried alone at night, who gave it all away when she saw the good heart of the man insideWoman caught standing up; her open parts are broken -.","author":"Abigail George","tags":["ally","flaws","laughter","nostalgia","suffering-of-humanity"],"id":249865,"author_id":"Abigail+George"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}