{"quotes":[{"text":"Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun;Thyself from thine affectionTakest warmth enough, and from thine eyeAll lesser birds will take their jollity.Up, up, fair bride, and callThy stars from out their several boxes, takeThy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and makeThyself a constellation of them all;And by their blazing signifyThat a great princess falls, but doth not die.Be thou a new star, that to us portendsEnds of much wonder; and be thou those ends.","author":"John Donne","tags":["adornment","brides","brightness","happiness","imagery","jewels","joy","light","metaphors","phoenix","radiance","stars","sun","wedding"],"id":73864,"author_id":"John+Donne"},{"text":"The joy you feel when you become a small life particle sun and share its brightness and warmth with those around you is indescribably great.","author":"Ilchi Lee","tags":["brightness","joy","sun"],"id":77237,"author_id":"Ilchi+Lee"},{"text":"The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.","author":"Don Herold","tags":["brightness","learning"],"id":79632,"author_id":"Don+Herold"},{"text":"Mindfulness is that space where you are in touch with life-experience and you are brightly aware.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["awareness","brightness","experience","life","meditation","mindfulness"],"id":80254,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"Deep darkness precedes the dawn of brightness light.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity","brightness","challenges","dark","darkness","determined-spirit","faith","fighting-spirit","inspirational","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","light","motivational","shining-your-light","stars"],"id":97491,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,Yet Grace must still look so.","author":"William Shakespeare","tags":["brightness","foul","grace"],"id":108517,"author_id":"William+Shakespeare"},{"text":"Illuminate the wonderful light within you.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["bright-future","brightness","christian-life","christian","destination","destiny-and-chance","destiny-fulfilled","faith-in-god","faith","fulfilling-life","life","light","light-and-darkness","shine","shine-your-light","shine-your-star","soul","spiritual-insights","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","you","your","your-life-is-amazing","your-thoughts"],"id":120855,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Beauty is the brightness of being.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["beauty","brightness","inspiring","smiles","wise-words","woman"],"id":120935,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"They'd become unaccustomed to the brightness of their own city, and, faced with it now in all its intensity, they cupped their hands over their eyes as if staring into the sun.","author":"Jennifer E. Smith","tags":["brightness","city","sun"],"id":124865,"author_id":"Jennifer+E.+Smith"},{"text":"The difference between darkness and brightness is how you thrive on those moments and how you use such circumstances with goodwill in your spirit.","author":"Angelica Hopes","tags":["bad-times","brightness","darkness","good-times","goodwill","life","light","reflections","wisdom"],"id":148892,"author_id":"Angelica+Hopes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}