{"quotes":[{"text":"One had to be careful with elbows and boys.","author":"Laurie Halse Anderson","tags":["boys","courting"],"id":14466,"author_id":"Laurie+Halse+Anderson"},{"text":"Tickle my heart with your pen. Write me for all to read. Bind our love inside a book. Make me, your poetry.","author":"N'Zuri Za Austin","tags":["book","courting","dating","heart","pen","poetry","poetry","tickle","writer","writers"],"id":29358,"author_id":"N%27Zuri+Za+Austin"},{"text":"Angus was courting me with lines that stabbed deep in lonely, barren places. Like an unfair conqueror, he was delivering his words with an accent that had me dreaming of castles and lochs, and strong thighs under a rough kilt.","author":"Cheryl R Cowtan","tags":["accent","broken-heart","courting","highlander-romance","love","lover","pick-up-line","romance","suitor"],"id":59362,"author_id":"Cheryl+R+Cowtan"},{"text":"Getting even with the person that broke your heart will never give you peace. The only thing that will heal your wounds is believing that God loves you enough to bring someone else into your life to respect you and love you in the way you deserve!","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["believe","courting","dating","divorce","ending-relationships","faith","faith-in-god","finding","happiness","moving-on","peace","respect","searching","someone-else","soulmates"],"id":90026,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Daughter, daughter, shining brightPrecious jewel within mine sightOh, if I could soar with theeAs you seek your destiny.To see with you the caves and skiesVistas grand beneath your eyesTaking wing to horizons newLet us wonder who waits for you.A dragon bright?A dragon dark?Victor of duels with battle mark?A dragon strong?A dragon keen?Singer of honors and triumphs seen?Red, Gold, Bronze, and BlueTo your lord you shall be true,Copper, Silver, Black, and White,Who will win your mating flight?For in your hearts our future restsTo see our line with hatchlings blessedAnd for those who threaten clutch of flame,To feel the wrath of dragon-dame.","author":"E.E. Knight","tags":["courting","dragon","flight","motherhood","song"],"id":94894,"author_id":"E.E.+Knight"},{"text":"Sometimes your inability to let go has nothing to do with real love and everything to do with what that person represents in your life. Why do you give them so much importance? Why do you believe that God doesn't love you enough that he would not bring someone else into your life? Why do you put up with less than you deserve?","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["confidence","courting","dating","family","finding-love","food-for-thought","friends","love","relationships","relationships-101","self-esteem","soulmates","stayingpositiveu-com","suitor"],"id":99588,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"They have a special confidence in Christ, plus thoughtfulness plus faithfulness plus humility: for there are no things, in all creation, more beautiful, more rare than the so very disciplined and free, joyful and principled daughters of God.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["attractive","beauty","christ","christianity","confidence","courting","creation","dating","discipline","faithfulness","freedom","girlfriend","god","humility","imagination","joy","love","marriage","principle","rarity","relationship","self-control","spouse","thoughtfulness","wife","woman","women"],"id":106119,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"God will bring the right person into your life at the right time. Always believe that! If they are not there, God isn't finished yet!","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["courting","dating","faith","fiance","finding-love","marriage","mate","patience","timing","trust-god"],"id":115386,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"When you least expect it is when the person you always dreamt of will finally show up.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["being-okay-alone","confidence","courting","courtship","dating","finding-someone","having-faith","marriage","relationships","single","single-life"],"id":146674,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Has she glanced you way yet?'Twice,' Nick said on a note of satisfaction.Meaning?'Nick glanced at him. 'She's not completely disinterested.'I see Moreland. That makes it an even half dozen hanging out for a rich wife. Four looking for their second. Rossman, the old satyr, certainly isn't likely to be much competition. What in the hell does he think he's doing anyway? He must be sixty.'Basking, I should think. She hasn't given him the cold shoulder yet,' Nick responded coolly.","author":"Jaide Fox","tags":["competition","courting","humor","romance"],"id":162266,"author_id":"Jaide+Fox"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}