{"quotes":[{"text":"Anna, you miss him.” “All the time. I still can’t believe he’s gone.” The words come out in a whoosh, tasting funny in my mouth. No matter how many times I say them, they still feel like a garbled, impossible language. My chest hurts, and I have to hold my breath to keep from inhaling a deep sob. “He was more than your best friend.” I nod absently, forgetting myself for a moment, forgetting that I’m talking to Jayne and not my journal. “I – I mean, he was like a brother to me. You know, like Frankie. Well, she’s the sister. I mean–” Jayne reaches for my hands across the table, shaking her head softly. “Sweetheart, when you say Matt’s name, you have the same look in your eyes that he’d get whenever he’d say yours.","author":"Sarah Ockler","tags":["anna","best-friend","brother","jayne-perino","know","love","matt-perino","miss","more"],"id":4993,"author_id":"Sarah+Ockler"},{"text":"Um. Charles thinks that his wolf has chosen me as his mate.'In less than one full day?' It did sound dumb when he said it that way.'Yes.' She couldn't keep the uncertainty out of her voice, though, and it bothered Charles. He rolled to his feet and growled softly.'Charles also said I was an Omega wolf,' she told his father. 'That might have something to do with it as well.'Silence lengthened and she began to think that the cell phone might have dropped the connection. Then the Marrok laughed softly. 'Oh his brother is going to tease him unmercifully about this.","author":"Patricia Briggs","tags":["alpha-and-omega","anna","bran-cornick","the-marrok","urban-fantasy"],"id":23095,"author_id":"Patricia+Briggs"},{"text":"Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.","author":"Gemma Malley","tags":["anna","death","declaration","gemma","life","love","malley","peter","surplus"],"id":24972,"author_id":"Gemma+Malley"},{"text":"Anna and Emma just poofed.”“What?”“I was standing there. I was watching them. I was holding Anna’s hand when it happened.”Astrid rose and without really thinking about it wrapped her arms around Sam like she did when she was trying to comfort Little Pete.But unlike Little Pete, Sam responded to her touch by awkwardly hugging her back. For a moment his face was in her hair and she heard his ragged breathing close to her ear. And it seemed like they might do it again, the kissing thing, but then, both at once, they pushed away.“She was scared,” Sam said. “Anna, I mean. She saw Emma disappear. They were born just six minutes apart. So, first Emma. Then Anna, waiting for it. Knowing it was coming.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["anna","astrid","comfort","disappeared","emma","knowing","poofed","sam-temple","scared","upset","waiting"],"id":49714,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"...You definitely are deep water Dr. Fisher. Fathoms deep.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["anna","davin","nicknames","romantic","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning"],"id":50249,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"He smiled at me shyly and took a step closer. I froze, heart pounding, as he put one hand on my cheek and leaned toward me. I swallowed, gazing up at him with what I hoped was an expectant (and not alarmed) expression. He bent his head toward mine and...","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["angsty-love","anna","cute","dark-lightning","davin","dl","hero","heroes","love","quotes","romantic","superhero","suspense","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":54675,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.","author":"Gemma Malley","tags":["anna","butterflies","butterfly","death","flower","flowers","gemma","life","love","malley","peter","the-declaration"],"id":56374,"author_id":"Gemma+Malley"},{"text":"We pick the people who populate our personal lives as much for who they make us as for who they are. I chose Anna for the person I became in her presence, and in this respect, my love for her was a more selfish one.","author":"Zack Love","tags":["alex","anna","connection","lovers","nyc","short-story","thought-provoking","zack-love"],"id":135656,"author_id":"Zack+Love"},{"text":"I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either,” I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["amazing","anna","arguments","awesome","bandaids","best-friends","bitterness","first-aid","friend","friend","friends","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","hurt","j-m-richards","life","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","silly-fights","so-true","stupid-arguments","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":136422,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["anna","arguments","awesome","bandaids","best-friend-love","best-friend","best-friends","bitterness","fate","first-aid","friend","friend","friends","friends-to-lovers","friendship-and-love","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","frienship","hurt","ignoring-issues","in-love-with-best-friend","in-love-with-my-friend","j-m-richards","life","longing","mazing","pain","about-life","real-friends","real-friendship","so-true","tall-dark-streak-of-lightning","tdsol"],"id":155108,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}