{"quotes":[{"text":"If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.","author":"Thomas Ligotti","tags":["examined-life","limits","nothing","ride","road","seek","seeking","solitude","truth"],"id":13497,"author_id":"Thomas+Ligotti"},{"text":"Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?","author":"Kurt Vonnegut Jr.","tags":["examined-life","life","meaning-of-life","plato","socrates","unexamined-life"],"id":57055,"author_id":"Kurt+Vonnegut+Jr."},{"text":"An over examination of life can deter you from life itself.","author":"Ilyas Kassam","tags":["examined-life","life","philosophy","plato"],"id":74367,"author_id":"Ilyas+Kassam"},{"text":"Men of Athens, I honor and I love you, but I will obey the god rather than you and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy, to exhort you and in my usual way to point out to any one of you whom I happen to meet.","author":"Plato","tags":["examined-life","love-itself","mission","seeking-betterment","truth"],"id":343707,"author_id":"Plato"},{"text":"Remember, you're not half of anything, you're twice of everything.","author":"Viet Thanh Nguyen","tags":["examined-life","self-image","self-worth"],"id":459190,"author_id":"Viet+Thanh+Nguyen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}