{"quotes":[{"text":"When a bookworm finally decides to leave the house, perhaps to explore some literary destination in one of her novels, she will be surprised to know that there is a volatile, often antagonistic force in the real world known as the weather.","author":"Joyce Rachelle","tags":["book-lover","bookworm","comical","introvert","leaving-the-house","literary-destinations","literary-walks","places-in-books","reader","reading","weather"],"id":2469,"author_id":"Joyce+Rachelle"},{"text":"I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and OMG mixed in.","author":"Dannika Dark","tags":["add","bs","character","comical","dannika-dark","funny","humor","observation","ocd","omg","pms","pnr","romance","series","uf","urban-fantasy"],"id":14237,"author_id":"Dannika+Dark"},{"text":"I cannot, I cannot,' cried Marianne; 'leave me, leave me, if I distress you; leave me, hate me, forget me! But do not torture me so. Oh! How easy for those who have no sorrow of their own to talk of extertion!","author":"Jane Austen","tags":["anger","comical","distress","love","torture"],"id":44015,"author_id":"Jane+Austen"},{"text":"Knowledge may be power, but half of what I know I wish I could forget.","author":"Carroll Bryant","tags":["comedy-humor","comical","humor","humorist","humorous","philisophical","philisophical-life"],"id":75958,"author_id":"Carroll+Bryant"},{"text":"The doctor asked me recently how I was feeling within myself, I replied, “absolutely fine doctor, but I’m terribly lonely without myself.","author":"Benny Bellamacina","tags":["comical","doctor","funny","humour","life","quote"],"id":86579,"author_id":"Benny+Bellamacina"},{"text":"...You see I believe in that stuff to: yoga and mystical powers. I once knew a man who could kill himself on command. Can you believe that? . . . Why do you laugh? . . . Believe it! By will of his own mind, he could make his heart stop beating for good' My neighbor poised and looked seriously at me, searching in my eyes. '...You laugh!' he repeated once more… 'You laugh, but he was a master at it! He could commit suicide at his own will!' Indeed, hearty laughter streamed through my nose. 'Could he do it perpetually?' I asked. 'Perpetually...?' My neighbor rubbed his waxy chin. 'I mean, is he still able to do it?' 'I’m not sure I understand.' 'Well? Then is he dead…?!'My neighbor's puzzled face slowly began to transform into a look of realization. 'But sir,' he said, 'Of course he’s dead! I mean to say... This man could kill himself on command, you see. And you don’t come back from the dead!' The two of us found ourselves crossing to the door so I could let my visitor out. I slapped him with friendliness on the shoulder. 'No, you don’t come back from the dead,' I agreed.","author":"Roman Payne","tags":["comical","death","funny","mind-powers","mystical-powers","mysticism","payne","suicide","the-wanderess","yoga"],"id":94508,"author_id":"Roman+Payne"},{"text":"One should never give up on hope. Unless that's the name of the girl who cheated on you in which case, yeah, give her up.","author":"Carroll Bryant","tags":["comedy","comedy-humor","comical","funny","funny-humor","humor","humorous","relationship-humor"],"id":113516,"author_id":"Carroll+Bryant"},{"text":"I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once.","author":"Daniel Boone","tags":["comical","confused","lost"],"id":136409,"author_id":"Daniel+Boone"},{"text":"It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.","author":"Duop Chak Wuol","tags":["bush","comical","desert","humor","irrationality","noise","philosophical","proverb"],"id":145379,"author_id":"Duop+Chak+Wuol"},{"text":"You dare quarrel with me Doerwyne?She wrinkled her nose. 'It's not quarreling to express an opinion''Women don't have opinions.'Then I must be a man, because I have plenty.","author":"Georgia Fox","tags":["comical","historical","insightful"],"id":145904,"author_id":"Georgia+Fox"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}