{"quotes":[{"text":"The truth is,’ replied Dantes, ‘that I am too happy for noisy mirth; ...Joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.","author":"Alexandre Dumas","tags":["edmond-dantes","happiness","joy","sorrow"],"id":40960,"author_id":"Alexandre+Dumas"},{"text":"Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your path, and you had crushed her like a frail glass, still, Edmond, still she must have admired you! Like the gulf between me and the past, there is an abyss between you, Edmond, and the rest of mankind; and I tell you freely, that the comparison I drew between you and other men will be one of my greatest tortures. No! There is nothing in the world to resemble you in worth and goodness!","author":"Alexandre Dumas","tags":["beloved","edmond-dantes","honor","integrity","love","mercedes","the-count-of-monte-cristo"],"id":59251,"author_id":"Alexandre+Dumas"},{"text":"You are my son Dantés! You are the child of my captivity. My priestly office condemned me to celibacy: God sent you to me both to console the man who could not be a father and the prisoner who could not be free.","author":"Alexandre Dumas","tags":["abbe-faria","alexandre-dumas","captivity","count-of-monte-cristo","edmond-dantes","emotional","father","free","freedom","monte-cristo","prisoner","sad"],"id":94806,"author_id":"Alexandre+Dumas"},{"text":"She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, ‘she is my betrothed.’'Sometimes one and the same thing,' said Morrel, with a smile.'Not with us, sir,' replied Dantes.","author":"Alexandre Dumas","tags":["betrothed","edmond-dantes","engaged","engagment","honor","mercedes","mistress","purity","virture"],"id":266452,"author_id":"Alexandre+Dumas"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}