{"quotes":[{"text":"The Lord shall be your comfort in times of distress.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity","challenges","christian","comfort","distress","hopeful","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","life","motivation","positive-thinking","positivity","prayer","prayer-life"],"id":1421,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"You are a wonderful sacred-soul.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["beautiful","capable","christian-life","despair","distress","encouragement","faith","hope","inspirational-life","positive","positive-thinking","potential","sacred","self","self-esteem","self-help","self-image","spirituality","uplifting","wisdom-of-lailah-gifty-akita","wonderful","you","your-life"],"id":20096,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I had already established, as you know, that it was logically impossible for Kenneth to be distressed by anything that might occur between Ned and myself; but Kenneth, being an artist, has perhaps not studied logic and is unaware of the impossibility.","author":"Sarah Caudwell","tags":["artists","distress","logic"],"id":25058,"author_id":"Sarah+Caudwell"},{"text":"When you are wronged and your heart and feelings are hardened, do not be distressed, for this has happened providentially; but be glad and reject the thoughts that arise within you, knowing that if they are destroyed at the stage when they are only provocations, their evil consequences will be cut off, whereas if the thoughts persist the evil may be expected to develop.","author":"St. Mark the Ascetic","tags":["consequences-of-evil","distress","evil","feelings","heart","providence","provocation","thoughts"],"id":25526,"author_id":"St.+Mark+the+Ascetic"},{"text":"The moment you realize that life will hurt more than your death. While existing, we're forced to become acquainted with sadness. There's no antibiotic for the ridding of distress, and no alleviation of these intervals of pain we must encounter. Behind our eyes, are all these things: our stories, our dreams, our deficiencies, and our scars. Today would leave a scar.","author":"Crystal Woods","tags":["alleviation","deficiencies","distress","eyes","growing-up","life","pain","perseverance","scars"],"id":26857,"author_id":"Crystal+Woods"},{"text":"Grace freely given by God,.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christianity","deliverance","distress","do-not-be-afraid","dont-kill-yourself","faith","god","grace","hope","inspiring","surviving-hard-times"],"id":31143,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Then I’m suddenly reminded of how I get engulfed with nightmares of Mom’s death as soon as I fall asleep. Hesitantly, I call to him, “Hey, Adrian?”“Yeah?”“Can you hold my hand the entire night?” My voice comes out as a quiet whisper.There’s a pause. I’m almost afraid to meet his eyes. Heartbeat picking up faster, his fingers interweave with mine and lace them together. I turn almost reflexively and I’m faced with his eyes—burning so green that it’s hard to look away. And for a second—one second, there is this feeling that flits in my chest, making my breath catch.Then his eyes close and I blink slowly—feeling as I’m in a dream-like trance. Then mine slide close too after a while of memorizing this moment, this moment of silent peacefulness.The gentle pressure of his hand holding mine coaxes me into sleep.This time, there’s only a soothing blankness. And we sleep just like that; backs curved together, my head folded in his chest. As we hold hands, I fall into the awaiting darkness.","author":"L. Jayne","tags":["cute","distress","heartbreaking"],"id":32241,"author_id":"L.+Jayne"},{"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":"Expectations are at war, if good feeling and discomfort clash. When we are expecting zest and joy, our good karma may be ousted by distress and frustration, if negative downbeat waves are emitted. Just with a feel of realism, without prejudice, should we step into the future. What will be, will be. Only the fortune of war will tell, since life may be war or peace. ('Fish for silence.').","author":"Erik Pevernagie","tags":["clash","discomfort","distress","downbeat","emit","expectations","feel","fish","fortune-of-war","frustration","future","good-feeling","good-karma","joy","life","negative","oust","prejudice","realism","silence","step-into","war","war-and-peace","waves","what-will-be-will-be","zest"],"id":53445,"author_id":"Erik+Pevernagie"},{"text":"In all you do, try being a WOW, and not a woe.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["amazing","awesome","cool","difficulty","distress","far-out","godzooks","golly","gosh","hot-damn","one-of-a-kind","problem","sadness","sorrow","standout","superb","trouble","try-your-best","whoa","woe","wow","wretchedness","yes"],"id":58268,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":92,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}