{"quotes":[{"text":"Night has settled over Paris.The streets have cleared of the crowds, and the city has been lit up. I set my book down, deciding to go for a walk. The Eiffel Tower is only a few blocks away. Now that there aren't many people out, I can walk there without having to fight my way through mobs of gawking tourists.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":39639,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"He drinks his coffee tentatively, glancing at me every few seconds, watching me. Every time he glances in my direction, I quickly turn away though he obviously knows I'm watching him. I know he's wondering why I'm staring at him, but he doesn't ask.I finally take a sip of coffee, set the mug back on the table, and voice what's on my mind, 'I want to draw you.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":66813,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"I'm being pulled under - father and farther from the surface. My lungs continue to scream for air. Panic is building inside me, threatening to combust. I can't break free.Help! I can't break free!I open my mouth to scream.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":81811,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.","author":"Gustave Eiffel","tags":["eiffel-tower","fame","funny","humor","jealous","jealousy","joke"],"id":98040,"author_id":"Gustave+Eiffel"},{"text":"Morning'SUNThat awakens ParisThe highest poplar on the bank On The Eiffel TowerA tricolored cockSings to the flapping of his wingsand several feathers fallAs it resumes its course The Seine looks between the bridgesFor her old routeAnd the Obelisk That has forgotten the Egyptian words Has not blossomed this yearSUN.","author":"Vicente Huidobro","tags":["bridges","egypt","eiffel-tower","morning","obelisk","paris","rooster","seine","sun"],"id":138286,"author_id":"Vicente+Huidobro"},{"text":"I grab the nearest lamppost when my knees threaten to give out, panting for breath as the words rip through me.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":148279,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"He smirks, shaking his head and letting his eyes wander. I watch him carefully, wondering what I can say to get him to leave. “I’m not leaving until you answer some questions. Plus, I’m holding your sketchbook hostage, so you might want to cooperate.” I raise an eyebrow at him. I guess there isn’t much I can say. “This isn’t a hostage negotiation.” He chuckles half-heartedly as his eyes take me in, almost sizing me up. “I guess I should introduce myself.” He holds a hand out for me to shake. “I’m Nathan.” I stare at his hand for a moment. “Taylor,” I reply, meeting his eyes again without taking his hand. He lets his hand fall back to his side. “At least I got you to say something non-hostile.” “I haven’t been hostile,” I object. His eyebrows shoot up. “Oh, haven’t you?” “Why don’t you leave me alone?” I snap. “Leave and don’t come back.” I move passed him, heading for my apartment. He can’t follow and annoy me if I lock the door. “Where are you going?” he demands. I look back over my shoulder and roll my eyes at him, indicating the answer should be obvious: anywhere he isn’t. Once inside, I slam the door behind me. “That was totally not hostile!” he calls after me, sarcastically. I quickly head for my bedroom door, slamming it, too.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":150621,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"I take in all the colorful locks that line the bridge. Each one told a story. Each lock represented a relationship that was once special, whether it ended or turned into true happiness. The locks represented a past, present, and a possible future.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":177595,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"Eiffel Tower' To Robert DelaunayEiffel Tower Guitar of the skyYour wireless telegraphy Attracts words As a rosebush the beesDuring the night The Seine no longer flowsTelescope or bugleEIFFEL TOWERAnd it's a hive of words Or an inkwell of honeyAt the bottom of dawn A spider with barbed-wire legs Was making its web of cloudsMy little boy To climb the Eiffel Tower You climb on a songDo re mi fa sol la ti do We are up on top A bird sings in the telegraph antennae It's the wind Of Europe The electric windOver there The hats fly away They have wings but they don't singJacqueline Daughter of France What do you see up thereThe Seine is asleep Under the shadow of its bridgesI see the Earth turning And I blow my bugleToward all the seasOn the path Of your perfume All the bees and the words go their wayOn the four horizons Who has not heard this song I AM THE QUEEN OF THE DAWN OF THE POLES I AM THE COMPASS THE ROSE OF THE WINDS THAT FADESEVERY FALLAND ALL FULL OF SNOW I DIE FROM THE DEATH OF THAT ROSE IN MY HEAD A BIRD SINGS ALL YEAR LONGThat's the way the Tower spoke to me one dayEiffel Tower Aviary of the world Sing SingChimes of ParisThe giant hanging in the midst of the void Is the poster of FranceThe day of Victory You will tell it to the stars.","author":"Vicente Huidobro","tags":["eiffel-tower","france","modern","paris","seine"],"id":178572,"author_id":"Vicente+Huidobro"},{"text":"One of his hands move away from my face to flatten against my back, pulling me closer to him as he deepens the kiss. He parts my lips under his as my mind seems to sign quietly in content. I kiss him back as fiercely as he kisses me, unable to control the infatuation that rushes through me - feeling almost like fireworks. Not so careful anymore.Little shivers of urgency shoot through me. I push off the window, pressing closer to him. The rush of sensation that is coursing through me feels like I've drunk a gallon of coffee. It feels like an electric buzz is flooding between us.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":187412,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}