{"quotes":[{"text":"Erhaps it was the difference in age between the countries—America with its expansive youth, building all those drive-in movie theaters and cowboy restaurants; Italians living in endless contraction, in the artifacts of generations, in the bones of empires.","author":"Jess Walter","tags":["america","cowboys","empires","italy"],"id":262,"author_id":"Jess+Walter"},{"text":"When you choose a man who thinks eight seconds is a long time, perhaps you need two of them. Hmm?","author":"Cat Johnson","tags":["cowboys","humor","rodeo","romance"],"id":41522,"author_id":"Cat+Johnson"},{"text":"All right, I figure I got a beating coming. Let's get at it.'That's not why I came.'Why did you then?'To find out why you did it.'Jeff looked at the floor. 'I don't know.'Want to do it again?","author":"Catt Ford","tags":["cowboys","gay"],"id":65722,"author_id":"Catt+Ford"},{"text":"Trust wisely and believe in yourself, in your vision.","author":"Melissa McClone","tags":["bakers","contemporary-romance","cowboy-romance","cowboys","small-town-romance"],"id":91580,"author_id":"Melissa+McClone"},{"text":"I guess you’re going for the hard-ass Texas Ranger thing today” ~ Laney Briggs.","author":"Jodi Linton","tags":["cowboys","detective","mystery","romance"],"id":97501,"author_id":"Jodi+Linton"},{"text":"He leaned over, catching her lowered gaze. “I’m the present, Darlin’.","author":"Lindsay McKenna","tags":["black-ops","cowboys","military-romance","romance","romantic-suspense","western-thriller","writer"],"id":105673,"author_id":"Lindsay+McKenna"},{"text":"Cowboys don’t go around breaking hearts.","author":"Missy Lyons","tags":["broken-heart","cowboy","cowboy-romance","cowboys","crush","wetsern-romance"],"id":134600,"author_id":"Missy+Lyons"},{"text":"She'll never be all the way tame, just the way she's made ... Sorta like you, I imagine.","author":"Carly Kade","tags":["contemporary-romance","cowboy","cowboy-romance","cowboys","horse","horse-book-series","horse-books","horses"],"id":142225,"author_id":"Carly+Kade"},{"text":"He wanted to wrap his arms around her and kiss away her uncertainty. But if he did that she would bolt. So he brushed stray hairs that had fallen out of her ponytail off her face instead. Ignored how soft the strands felt against his fingers. Pretended his pulse wasn't stampeding like a herd of bison on the plain.","author":"Melissa McClone","tags":["baker","contemporary-romance","cowboy-romance","cowboys","ranch-romance","small-town-romance"],"id":142968,"author_id":"Melissa+McClone"},{"text":"Hero love?” I was puzzled. “You know. The kind of love you have for someone you want to be like: Marines, astronauts, cowboys, teachers, big brothers, that sort of thing. You love them because they represent the you that you want to be.","author":"Leland Dirks","tags":["astronauts","cowboys","heroes","love","marines","teachers"],"id":147048,"author_id":"Leland+Dirks"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}