{"quotes":[{"text":"The sound of diesel fuel rushing through grimy pistons and cylinders below a morning-fogged window bored through his ears like a deep-water drill bit, and the thump of his own heartbeat cursed him for breaking one of his many rules.","author":"Luke Taylor","tags":["air","car","city","coal","curse","diesel","drill-bit","fog","gasoline","grimy","heart","heatbeat","man","noise","petrol","pollution","rules","smog","street","vehicle","window"],"id":1543,"author_id":"Luke+Taylor"},{"text":"It is because of the Biblical curse on man's search for knowledge, which has so paralyzed his mind during the past ages, and its detrimental effect upon progress, that makes the Bible the most wicked, the most detestable, the most pernicious, and the most obnoxious book ever published. It has been a curse to the human race.It is the duty of every brave and honest man and woman to do everything in his and her power to destroy the influence of this utterly stupid and vicious book, with its infantile concept of life and its nonsense concerning the universe. It is their duty to do everything within their power to stop its demoralizing and paralyzing influence upon the life of man.We will never achieve intellectual liberty until the wickedness of this book has been discarded with the belief in the flatness of the earth.","author":"Joseph Lewis","tags":["bravery","curse","demoralize","destroy","detestable","duty","honesty","humanity","influence","intellectual-liberty","knowledge","obnoxious","paralyze","pernicious","power","progress","stupid","vicious"],"id":2321,"author_id":"Joseph+Lewis"},{"text":"Love EgoistSumire: At first, I was simply fighting the image others forced on me. It's true that it's kind of fun to curse people behind their backs, but... I know it's not nice and it makes me feel depressed afterward.","author":"Bisco Hatori","tags":["curse","fight","image","love","oura"],"id":2773,"author_id":"Bisco+Hatori"},{"text":"Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse?","author":"Hannah More","tags":["curse","indolence","nothing","plague","vice","worse"],"id":3515,"author_id":"Hannah+More"},{"text":"As the Mississippi snaked and their old home slipped further away, perhaps Samuel had finally left the curse behind.","author":"Andrew Galasetti","tags":["curse","home","mississippi-river"],"id":5502,"author_id":"Andrew+Galasetti"},{"text":"Did he actually believe in this curse? A curse! He snorted. Deirdre stirred.\tImpossible. Curses were for witches, spell casters and the weak-minded.","author":"Jean M. Grant","tags":["ancients","curse","historical-romance","scottish-romance","witches"],"id":7386,"author_id":"Jean+M.+Grant"},{"text":"Humans are curious creatures. What we cannot see, our logical minds will try to deny.","author":"Nancy B. Brewer","tags":["curse","france","historical-ficiton","mystery","romance","victorian"],"id":11770,"author_id":"Nancy+B.+Brewer"},{"text":"That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise himself; and if men had power thus to avenge themselves the earth would be peopled with phantoms. ('Eveline's Visitant').","author":"Mary Elizabeth Braddon","tags":["curse","haunt","oath","revenge","vengeance"],"id":13062,"author_id":"Mary+Elizabeth+Braddon"},{"text":"When you're truly awesome, you know that it's actually a burden and wish day after day to be relieved of such a curse. Think of about 95% of the superheroes.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["awesome","burden","curse","heroes","superhero","wish"],"id":14354,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"To a fireman, wind is a curse. To a sailor, wind is a blessing.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["blessing","curse","fireman","perspective","sailor","wind"],"id":16112,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":151,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}